SPECULATION Synonyms

• a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• an estimate based on little or no information

• expect, believe, or suppose

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• guess correctly; solve by guessing

• a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

• a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• a hypothesis that is taken for granted

• the cognitive process of supposing

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• infer from incomplete evidence

• imagine to be the case or true or probable

• a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

• celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church

• a hypothesis that is taken for granted

• (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended

• the act of taking possession of or power over something

• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

• the act of assuming or taking for granted

• any cognitive content held as true

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

• an intuitive assumption

• the temporal end; the concluding time

• event whose occurrence ends something

• the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)

• the act of ending something

• a final settlement

• the last section of a communication

• the act of making up your mind about something

• a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

• the respect with which a person is held

• an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

• a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody

• the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

• the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

• an opinion formed by judging something

• the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

• the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

• (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

• the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• a general inclusive concept

• an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

• (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items

• a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

• 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

• a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people

• the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

• the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument

• a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

• an assumption that is taken for granted

• (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

• a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming

• an impression that something might be the case

• doubt about someone's honesty

• the state of being suspected

• being of a suspicious nature

• a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

• a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

• a belief that can guide behavior

• the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

• the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

• the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual

• a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

• continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature

• (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence