Thesaurus: conjecture

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1. n. An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
2. v. t. To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
3. v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
4. n. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
5. n. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
6. n. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
7. v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
8. v:26/n:74 n. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence