surmises in English

noun

1

a supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it.

Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed

verb

1

suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.

he surmised that something must be wrong

synonyms: guess, conjecture, suspect, deduce, infer, conclude, theorize, speculate, divine, assume, presume, suppose, understand, gather, feel, sense, think, believe, imagine, fancy, reckon, opine

noun

• hypothesis, supposition, speculation, surmisal, guess, conjecture

verb

• guess, conjecture, suspect, deduce, infer, conclude, theorize, speculate, divine, assume, presume, suppose, understand, gather, feel, sense, think, believe, imagine, fancy, reckon, opine
• suspect

Use "surmises" in a sentence

1. The detective is completely correct in his surmises.

2. Berel Jestrow numbly surmises that the trek may soon be ending.

3. Synonyms for Assumes include presumes, supposes, guesses, imagines, conjectures, surmises, suspects, accepts, believes and expects

4. Shatalov surmises that the shock wave from another plane's sonic boom was to blame.

5. Scholars also cite an entertainment seen by King James at Oxford in the summer of 1605 that featured three "sibyls" like the weird sisters; Kermode surmises that Shakespeare could have heard about this and alluded to it with the weird sisters.

6. “Generally, the Courts of law shall not be carried away by mere sentimentalities or the Conjunctures or surmises or the status of the accused as habitual offender but bound to proceed on the basis of legal evidence alone,” Justice Shankar said