surmise
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
to conjecture or guess.
a matter of conjecture.
an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely.
a conjecture or opinion.
Origin of surmise
1synonym study For surmise
Other words for surmise
Other words from surmise
- sur·mis·a·ble, adjective
- sur·mised·ly [ser-mahyzd-lee, -mahy-zid-], /sərˈmaɪzd li, -ˈmaɪ zɪd-/, adverb
- sur·mis·er, noun
- un·sur·mised, adjective
- un·sur·mis·ing, adjective
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How to use surmise in a sentence
Democratic money people are now, one surmises, mostly in the place where they want to see this happen.
Michael Tomasky on Why Obama Shouldn’t Defend Gay Marriage (For Now) | Michael Tomasky | March 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"It is any one of four different possibilities that we are working on," Redstone surmises in the voicemail.
Keenan surmises that law enforcement, including the FBI, may be applying the same tactics in this case.
I saw you go white once before, when I tried to make you talk about Munich; and the romantic Flora was full of surmises.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAnd she listened to Bobbys surmises about the mysterious prize without taking in half what the younger girl was saying.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
Surmises which went wide of the mark were better than the real truth would have been, and that he could not tell.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesBut the light moved, and the slow hours passed, while Harkness tried to find consolation in surmises he told himself must be true.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousAll this construction of surmises, which were not far from the reality, had for several days occupied the mind of Mess Lethierry.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo
British Dictionary definitions for surmise
(when tr, may take a clause as object) to infer (something) from incomplete or uncertain evidence
an idea inferred from inconclusive evidence
Origin of surmise
1Derived forms of surmise
- surmisable, adjective
- surmiser, noun
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