Synonyms for speculation
Most common
supposition surmise conjecture hypothesis meditation contemplation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Supposition
supposition, surmise, conjecture, hypothesis, guess, wild guess, theory, thought, surmisal, postulate
2. Meditation
meditation, contemplation, consideration, weighing, lucubration, deliberation, cogitation
Definitions
- n. 1
The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- n. 2
The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Forms
- Plural
- speculations → suppositions, surmises, conjectures, hypotheses…
Example sentences
- hypothesis Tom designed an experiment to test his hypothesis.
- conjecture In any case, you are wrong in your conjecture.
- surmise "What do you think of my theory?" "It is all surmise."
- supposition This supposition is essentially correct.
- contemplation A trivial problem doesn't require long contemplation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| speculation | steady | |
| hypothesis | steady | |
| conjecture | steady | |
| surmise | steady | |
| supposition | falling | |
| contemplation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- guess1
- 6 letters
- theory2
- 7 letters
- thought1, venture2, surmise2
- 8 letters
- weighing2, surmisal
- 9 letters
- adventure3, postulate3
- 10 letters
- meditation4, hypothesis4, conjecture3, cogitation4
- 11 letters
- supposition4, lucubration
- 12 letters
- deliberation5
- 13 letters
- consideration5, contemplation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (theory2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- spéculation
- Italiano
- speculazione
- Español
- especulación
- Deutsch
- Spekulation
- Català
- especulació