surmise

Noun
  1. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence (synset 106795537)
    hypernym: opinion, view - a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
    hyponym: divination - successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
    synonym: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal
Verb
  1. Infer from incomplete evidence (synset 200690947)
    hypernym: deduce, deduct, derive, infer - reason by deduction; establish by deduction
  2. Imagine to be the case or true or probable (synset 200923043)
    "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
    hypernym: guess, hazard, pretend, venture - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
    synonym: suspect

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