surmise
verb (used with object), sur·mised, sur·mis·ing.
verb (used without object), sur·mised, sur·mis·ing.
noun
Origin of surmise
Synonyms for surmise
Related Words for surmises
pretend, theorize, hypothesize, deduce, presume, speculate, opine, infer, presumption, conjecture, attempt, theory, inference, deduction, idea, supposition, suspicion, thought, assumption, hypothesisExamples from the Web for surmises
Contemporary Examples of surmises
Democratic money people are now, one surmises, mostly in the place where they want to see this happen.
"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.
Historical Examples of surmises
To this day he can not put a name to it; he surmises that it was Wapping.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
And she promptly reassured Madame Desagneaux with regard to her surmises.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
She was mistaken in her surmises, however, for Lisa was not a devotee.
The Fat and the ThinEmile Zola
Brown thought and guessed and surmised, but guesses and surmises were fruitless.
The Woman-HatersJoseph C. Lincoln
What am I to say—what am I to do, mother, if—if—your surmises be actually true?
Pretty Madcap DorothyLaura Jean Libbey