Surmise

Quick meaning: Surmise is a noun meaning Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.

Meaning

Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.

More Meanings

1. Reflection; thought; posit.
2. (intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.

Example Sentences

surmises of jealousy or of envy

This opinion, however, is merely a surmise, which may or may not be the case.

If, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.

In short, the chances of the Princes Street terminal's survival seem unsure, though at the moment these views are no more than surmise.

Word Forms

• surmises
• surmising
• surmised

Synonyms for surmise

Depending on context, synonyms include assumption, conjecture, foreguess, given, guess, guesstimate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conjecture, supposition, guess, hypothesis, speculation, suspect.

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