Synonyms of hypothesized

hypothesized

verb

past tense of hypothesize

as in assumed

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

if we hypothesize that current population trends continue for the next 50 years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assumed
• said
• presumed
• believed
• postulated
• thought
• supposed
• concluded
• presupposed
• guessed
• premised
• figured
• dreamed
• accepted
• insisted
• inferred
• suspected
• hypothecated
• imagined
• deduced
• took for granted
• speculated
• surmised
• conjectured
• claimed
• credited
• theorized
• perceived
• swallowed
• declared
• judged
• asserted
• conceived
• alleged
• maintained
• contended
• affirmed
• gathered
• suspicioned
• fancied
• reckoned
• averred
• professed
• took
• preconceived
• avowed
• avouched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubted
• challenged
• questioned
• disputed
• wondered (about)
• discounted
• disagreed (with)
• discredited
• denied
• controverted
• rejected
• distrusted
• repudiated
• disavowed
• disclaimed
• disbelieved
• mistrusted
• disowned
• refuted
• disproved
• rebutted
• belied
• confuted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hypothesized

This skewing has been hypothesized as a contributor to the variability in symptoms of Marfan in families with the same mutation. — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Despite having a brain not much bigger than a chimp, researchers hypothesized that Homo naledi, as the species was named, deliberately buried its dead in the confines of the cave. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 24 June 2026

The researchers hypothesized that some of those surfaces would be more catalytically active than others. — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026

Thornton hypothesized at the time. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026

One theory that has popped up is that the virus originated from a bird watching landfill in Ushuaia, located at the southern tip of Argentina, where a couple who were infected with the virus visited, Argentinian officials first hypothesized. — ABC News, 12 May 2026

Kiefer is optimistic that their approach could help solve problems like Shor’algorithm with just 10,000 qubits rather than millions that researchers had previously hypothesized. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026

Convinced by anecdotes of farmworkers who had contracted cowpox and not smallpox, Edward Jenner hypothesized the cowpox protected them. — USA Today, 6 May 2026

Scientists have hypothesized that this could be to seek additional food sources or a place to rest amid their long journeys. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026