surmise

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
2. (countable, uncountable) Reflection; thought; posit.

Verb

To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.

Synonyms

guess

conjecture

suppose

presume

assume

supposition

speculation

think

🤔

hypothesis

speculate

expect

suspect

estimate

presumption

believe

imagine

infer

guesswork

assumption

reckon

anticipate

deem

suspicion

surmisal

hypothesize

opine

afraid

augur

bet

calculate

consider

fancy

forecast

posit

postulate

predict

say

🗣️

sense

understand

wonder

make a conjecture

notice

foresee

outguess

compute

work out

be suspicious

premiss

presage

figure out

Translations

vermoeden

vermuten

gissen

Vermutung

supor

supposer

conjeturar

mutmaßen

supporre

conjetura

conjecturer

conjecture

prévoir

conjeturar

suponer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɜːˈmaɪz/

Etymology

From Old French surmis, past participle of surmetre, surmettre (“to accuse”), from sur- (“upon”) + metre (“to put”).