Synonyms of hypothesizing

hypothesizing

verb

present participle of hypothesize

as in saying

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

• saying
• assuming
• presuming
• believing
• thinking
• postulating
• supposing
• guessing
• concluding
• presupposing
• figuring
• dreaming
• imagining
• accepting
• premising
• insisting
• hypothecating
• inferring
• speculating
• suspecting
• deducing
• taking for granted
• theorizing
• crediting
• claiming
• judging
• swallowing
• conjecturing
• declaring
• perceiving
• asserting
• maintaining
• surmising
• gathering
• conceiving
• contending
• fancying
• affirming
• alleging
• taking
• suspicioning
• reckoning
• averring
• professing
• avowing
• preconceiving
• avouching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questioning
• doubting
• discounting
• disputing
• challenging
• wondering (about)
• denying
• discrediting
• disbelieving
• controverting
• rejecting
• distrusting
• disagreeing (with)
• disclaiming
• repudiating
• disavowing
• mistrusting
• refuting
• disproving
• rebutting
• disowning
• belying
• confuting