'Surmise' definitions:
Definition of 'surmise'
From: WordNet
noun
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis]
verb
Infer from incomplete evidence
verb
Imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect, surmise]
Definition of 'Surmise'
From: GCIDE
- Surmise \Sur*mise"\ (s[^u]r*m[imac]z"), n. [OF. surmise accusation, fr. surmettre, p. p. surmis, to impose, accuse; sur (see Sur-) + mettre to put, set, L. mittere to send. See Mission.]
- 1. A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmises of jealousy or of envy. [1913 Webster]
- [We] double honor gain From his surmise proved false. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict his profession; not upon small surmises. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Reflection; thought. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Conjecture; supposition; suspicion; doubt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surmise'
From: GCIDE
- Surmise \Sur*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmised; p. pr. & vb. n. Surmising.] To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess. [1913 Webster]
- It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'surmise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account as,
- assume,
- assumption,
- axiom,
- be afraid,
- believe,
- blind guess,
- bold conjecture,
- conceive,
- conclude,
- conclusion,
- conjecture,
- consider,
- daresay,
- deduce,
- deem,
- divine,
- dream,
- esteem,
- estimate,
- expect,
- fancy,
- feel,
- feeling,
- gather,
- grant,
- guess,
- guesswork,
- have a hunch,
- have an idea,
- have an impression,
- have an inkling,
- have the idea,
- hold,
- hold as,
- hunch,
- hypothesis,
- hypothesize,
- imagine,
- infer,
- inference,
- judge,
- let,
- let be,
- look upon as,
- maintain,
- notion,
- opine,
- perhaps,
- postulate,
- postulation,
- postulatum,
- prefigure,
- premise,
- presume,
- presumption,
- presupposal,
- presuppose,
- presupposition,
- presurmise,
- pretend,
- proposition,
- provisionally accept,
- reckon,
- regard,
- repute,
- risk assuming,
- rough guess,
- say,
- sense,
- set down as,
- set of postulates,
- shot,
- speculate,
- speculation,
- stab,
- supposal,
- suppose,
- supposing,
- supposition,
- suspect,
- suspicion,
- take,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take it,
- take to be,
- theorize,
- theory,
- thesis,
- think,
- trow,
- understand,
- understanding,
- unverified supposition,
- venture a guess,
- view as,
- ween,
- wild guess,
- working hypothesis