Entry Word: theory

Function: noun

Meaning: an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation <set out to prove her theory that people canʼt really taste any difference between colas, so they buy according to the product's image>

Synonyms hypothesis, proposition, supposition

Related Words assumption, concession, premise, presumption, presupposition; generalization, guess, guesswork, inference, speculation, surmise; proffer, proposal, suggestion; feeling, hunch, impression, inkling, notion, suspicion; abstraction, concept, conception

Near Antonyms assurance, certainty, fact, knowledge