SURMISED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in guessed

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verb

past tense of surmise

as in assumed

to form an opinion from little or no evidence we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter

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The scientists surmised that this occurs because lunar dirt, called regolith, that piled up around the crater as a result of the impact is less dense and therefore less able to retain heat. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026 Pape surmised a major reason the players push through the pain is to not disappoint Theis. — Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2026 The researchers surmised that the diets people ate in countries like Italy, Greece and Croatia had a protective effect on their hearts. — Adam Cohen, Oklahoman, 25 Aug. 2026 One person surmised that Patrick Mahomes also has an unlimited amount of his favorite condiment. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026 Despite the middling score in the economic category, WalletHub’s analysis surmised that Fremont’s happiness is bolstered by its high share (nearly 80%) of households with an income above $75,000. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 One rival executive who has spoken with Preller recently surmised that the initial ask would be at least two top-100 prospects. — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 23 July 2026 Authorities surmised that the robbers most likely broke the diamond down into smaller pieces and sold it on the black market. — Moises Mendez Ii, InStyle, 22 July 2026 The memo, the blog surmised, gave reservation agents the flexibility to accommodate customers who no longer wanted to fly into the South Florida airport. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

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Adjective

Shortly after Hollander was identified as the assumed killer, the rest of his car was searched and police started to suspect him in another murder case with similar details.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
In most cases, the entitlement is not fully restored until the assumed loan is paid off, refinanced or otherwise satisfied.

— Sharon Wu, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of assumed

Verb

Many correctly guessed the cinnamon-sugar dessert, which was pulled from menus in 2024, according to reports and social media users.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Who could have guessed that football genius Sean McVay would be so badly outplanned, so badly outcoached, and so unimaginably wrong on the game’s transformative play?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of guessed

Verb

Balak explains that while anywhere between 9,100 and 12,000 people in Fiji are thought to have HIV, only 5,676 of these cases have been officially diagnosed.

— David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
Last year, my wife Luci and I made a decision that a lot of people in our life thought might be too risky.

— Alicia Sanchez, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of thought

Adjective

Maduko’s behavior, as described in the report, appears to have grown increasingly aggressive in his alleged harassment of women in the CSCU system.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
The government says some alleged co-conspirators remain at large in Venezuela and are capable of violence and witness intimidation, raising the possibility that Flores could direct others to act on her behalf if released.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of alleged

Verb

But Grace suspected the predictive software was missing something crucial happening inside the drop.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Sandinista operatives are suspected in a series of shootings, abductions and killings of Nicaraguan exiles in Costa Rica in recent years.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of suspected

Verb

In my experience, the story is a gap between the people who built the system, the wildly diverse customers it’s supposed to serve and legacy infrastructure that was not designed for a diverse region like Asia Pacific (APAC).

— Wendy Johnstone, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
It wasn’t supposed to be this way for the Royals, who were coming off consecutive winning seasons.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

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