surmise

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Similar word(s): conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal

Definition categories: communication, opinion, view

Sentences with surmise as a noun:

- surmises of jealousy or of envy

verb

1. infer from incomplete evidence

Definition categories: cognition, deduce, deduct, derive, infer

2. imagine to be the case or true or probable

- I surmised that the butler did it

Similar word(s): suspect

Definition categories: communication, guess, hazard, pretend, venture