"supposal" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: hypothesis, possibility, theory - a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
subtypes:
- conclusion - an intuitive assumption
- base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- given, precondition, presumption - an assumption that is taken for granted
- basic assumption, constatation, self-evident truth - an assumption that is basic to an argument
same as: assumption, supposition
is a type of: conjecture - reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

subtypes: presupposition - the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)

same as: supposition