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conjecturing

verb , present participle of conjecture

Synonyms and Antonyms of conjecturing

1 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 of conjecturing

calculating, calling, estimating, figuring, gauging (also gaging), guessing, judging, making, placing, putting, reckoning, supposing

Words Related to conjecturing

concluding, deducing, extrapolating, gathering, inferring, reasoning, understanding

Near Antonyms of conjecturing

calibrating, measuring, scaling

computing, working out

2 to form an opinion from little or no evidence

you're only conjecturing that he was the culprit

Synonyms of conjecturing

assuming, daresaying, guessing, imagining, presuming, speculating, supposing, surmising, suspecting, suspicioning [chiefly dialect]

Words Related to conjecturing

concluding, deducing, gathering, inferring

hypothecating, hypothesizing, theorizing

believing, conceiving, expecting, judging, reckoning [chiefly dialect], taking, thinking

Near Antonyms of conjecturing

demonstrating, documenting, establishing, proving, substantiating, validating

ascertaining, determining, finding out, learning

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