nnoun.communicationa message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidenceSynset:conjecture guess hypothesis speculation supposition surmisal
Derivationally Related Form:hypotheticalsupposesuppositionalguessconjecturalhypothecatesupposititioushypothesizesurmisespeculatesuppositious
Hypernyms:opinion view
Inherited Hypernyms:guessopinionmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:divination
vverb.cognitioninfer from incomplete evidenceDerivationally Related Form:surmisesurmisal
Hypernyms:deduce deduct derive infer
Inherited Hypernyms:surmisededucereasonthink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.communicationimagine to be the case or true or probableSynset:suspect
Examples:- I suspect he is a fugitive
- I surmised that the butler did it
Derivationally Related Form:surmisesuspicion
Hypernyms:guess hazard pretend venture
Inherited Hypernyms:suspectguessspeculatereasonthink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE