Synonyms for supposition
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Noun
conjecture formal, assumption, speculation, hypothesis, surmise, guess, presumption, theory, postulation, inference, postulate, suspicion, idea, posit, premise, thought, apprehension, fancy, supposal, surmisal
Definitions
- n. 1
Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.
Related words
- Word family
- suppositional suppositious supposititious suppose
- Is a kind of
- statement
Forms
- Plural
- suppositions → conjectures, assumptions, speculations, hypotheses…
Example sentences
- assumption I proceed on the assumption that anger is idolatry.
- speculation He sometimes indulges himself in idle speculation.
- hypothesis Tom designed an experiment to test his hypothesis.
- surmise "What do you think of my theory?" "It is all surmise."
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| supposition | falling | |
| assumption | steady | |
| speculation | steady | |
| hypothesis | steady | |
| surmise | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- idea3
- 5 letters
- guess1, fancy2, posit2
- 6 letters
- theory2
- 7 letters
- thought1, premise2, surmise2
- 8 letters
- supposal, surmisal
- 9 letters
- suspicion3, inference3, postulate3
- 10 letters
- assumption3, hypothesis4, conjecture3
- 11 letters
- speculation4, presumption3, postulation
- 12 letters
- apprehension4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idea3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- supposition
- Italiano
- supposizione
- Español
- suposición
- Català
- suposició