Conjecture

//kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "conjecture" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

guess surmise estimate speculation supposition theorem ascribe assume assumption axiom believe blind guess bold conjecture conceive conclude daresay decide deem

Strong matches (27)

divine expect expectation fancy feel forecast gather give a guess glean guesswork halseny hazard a conjecture hunch hypothesis ideal imagine infer inference judge opinion

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pass perhaps

Noun(2 words)

guess hypothesis

Verb(3 words)

hypothecate hypothesise hypothesize

Related words (45)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

10 entries

abstract thought anticipate expect hypothesis logical thinking opinion possibility reasoning theory view

Synonyms

7 entries

estimate guess halseny speculate speculation supposition surmise

Related terms

2 entries

conject conjectural

derived

46 entries

Beal conjecture Beal's conjecture Brocard's conjecture Collatz conjecture Cramér's conjecture Dickson's conjecture Dixmier conjecture Elliott-Halberstam conjecture Fuglede's conjecture Gilbreath's conjecture Goldbach's conjecture Heawood conjecture Hedetniemi's conjecture Ilieff's conjecture Jacobian conjecture Keller's conjecture

Showing 16 of 46 words.

has context

3 entries

formal mathematics philology

is a

2 entries

reasoning theory

related to

13 entries

conject conjectural formal hypothesis infer omen proven sign statement supposition true unproven venture

Translations

154 translations across 35 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ὑπονοέω verb (to guess)

Arabic

3 entries

اِفْتِرَاض noun (unproven statement; guess)
تَخْمِين noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
فَرَضِيَّة noun (unproven statement; guess)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

ehtimal noun (unproven statement; guess)
fərz noun (unproven statement; guess)
fərziyyə noun (unproven statement; guess)
güman noun (unproven statement; guess)

Bulgarian

4 entries

догадка noun (unproven statement; guess)
догадка noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
предположение noun (unproven statement; guess)
предполагам verb (to guess)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

假說 /假说 noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
推測 /推测 noun (unproven statement; guess)
猜想 noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
猜想 noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)

Czech

3 entries

dohad noun (unproven statement; guess)
domněnka noun (unproven statement; guess)
konjektura noun (unproven statement; guess)

Dutch

4 entries

conjectuur noun (unproven statement; guess)
conjectuur noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
gissing noun (unproven statement; guess)
giswerk noun (unproven statement; guess)

Esperanto

1 entries

konjekti verb (to guess)

Finnish

4 entries

arvaus noun (unproven statement; guess)
arvelu noun (unproven statement; guess)
hypoteesi noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
olettamus noun (unproven statement; guess)

French

4 entries

conjecture noun (unproven statement; guess)
conjecture noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
conjecture noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)
conjecturer verb (to guess)

Galician

1 entries

conxetura noun (unproven statement; guess)

German

4 entries

Hypothese noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
Hypothese noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)
Konjektur noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
Mutmaßung noun (unproven statement; guess)

Greek

4 entries

εικασία noun (unproven statement; guess)
υπόθεση noun (unproven statement; guess)
υπόθεση noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
υπόθεση noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)

Hebrew

1 entries

השערה noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)

Hungarian

4 entries

feltevés noun (unproven statement; guess)
feltevés noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
feltételezés noun (unproven statement; guess)
hipotézis noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)

Icelandic

1 entries

tilgáta noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)

Irish

1 entries

buille faoi thuairim noun (unproven statement; guess)

Italian

2 entries

congettura noun (unproven statement; guess)
congetturare verb (to guess)

Japanese

3 entries

忖度 noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
推測 noun (unproven statement; guess)
推測する verb (to guess)

Latin

3 entries

coniectūra noun (unproven statement; guess)
Latin: coniectō verb (to guess)
opīnor verb (to guess)

Māori

4 entries

pūmāramarama noun (unproven statement; guess)
pūmāramarama noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
pūmāramarama noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)
tāiringa kōrero noun (unproven statement; guess)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

antakelse noun (unproven statement; guess)
formodning noun (unproven statement; guess)
formodning noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
gjetning noun (unproven statement; guess)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

gissing noun (unproven statement; guess)
gjetting noun (unproven statement; guess)
konjektur noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

تقدیر noun (unproven statement; guess)
تقدیر noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)

Portuguese

4 entries

conjectura noun (unproven statement; guess)
conjectura noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)
conjetura noun (unproven statement; guess)
conjetura noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)

Quechua

1 entries

hamurpay verb (to guess)

Romanian

4 entries

ipoteză noun (unproven statement; guess)
ipoteză noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
presupunere noun (unproven statement; guess)
supoziție noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)

Russian

4 entries

гипо́теза noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
дога́дка noun (unproven statement; guess)
дога́дка noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
предположе́ние noun (unproven statement; guess)

Sanskrit

1 entries

तर्क noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

barail noun (unproven statement; guess)
barail noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
barail noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)
tomhas noun (unproven statement; guess)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

hipoteza noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
nagađanje noun (unproven statement; guess)
pretpostavka noun (unproven statement; guess)
pretpostavka noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)

Slovak

1 entries

konjektúra noun (unproven statement; guess)

Spanish

4 entries

conjetura noun (unproven statement; guess)
conjetura noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
conjetura noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)
barruntar verb (to guess)

Swedish

4 entries

förmodan noun (unproven statement; guess)
förmodan noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)
förmodan noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)
hypotes noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)

Turkish

3 entries

konjektür noun (unproven statement; guess)
konjektür noun (statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven)
tahmin noun (supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In any case, you are wrong in your conjecture.

Source: tatoeba (66473)

We can conjecture that it may be advantageous for a particular bird to be known to its neighbors or its mate.

Source: tatoeba (67234)

The entire public and political debate is based on conjecture, not on fact.

Source: tatoeba (1890523)

There was a great deal of conjecture as to what would happen.

Source: tatoeba (2268686)

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