Synonyms of conjecturing

conjecturing

verb

present participle of conjecture

1

as in estimating

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

he conjectured that the theater could seat 1000 people more or less

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estimating
• figuring
• guessing
• supposing
• calculating
• making
• judging
• putting
• gauging
• reckoning
• calling
• placing
• reasoning
• concluding
• understanding
• gaging
• inferring
• extrapolating
• deducing
• gathering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• measuring
• scaling
• computing
• calibrating
• working out

• measuring
• scaling
• computing
• calibrating
• working out

2

as in guessing

to form an opinion from little or no evidence

you're only conjecturing that he was the culprit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guessing
• assuming
• supposing
• speculating
• suspecting
• thinking
• presuming
• imagining
• surmising
• believing
• inferring
• suspicioning
• deducing
• hypothesizing
• theorizing
• concluding
• daresaying
• gathering
• expecting
• judging
• conceiving
• hypothecating
• reckoning
• taking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• establishing
• proving
• demonstrating
• documenting
• determining
• learning
• ascertaining
• validating
• substantiating
• finding out

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• establishing
• proving
• demonstrating
• documenting
• determining
• learning
• ascertaining
• validating
• substantiating
• finding out

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