as in guesses
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
my surmise is that the couple's "good news" is the announcement that they are going to have a baby
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as in assumes
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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Recent Examples of surmises
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Upon entering the house, Donnie surmises there is an orgy-type party going on.
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Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
Cohen surmises that the home was the first on the block.
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Culture Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Jan. 2026
Morgan correctly surmises that a misdelivered piece of mail was a move by the Game Master and not just a fuckup by the postal service.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
In the study, Ned correctly surmises that Colum riled Dougal up into beating Malcolm so that Colum could be seen as the cooler head/better leader.
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Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
Evans surmises the fish that survived were in an area of the creek where less charred material and sediment were swept in.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Upon entering the house, Donnie surmises there is an orgy-type party going on.
—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
Cohen surmises that the home was the first on the block.
—
Culture Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Jan. 2026
Morgan correctly surmises that a misdelivered piece of mail was a move by the Game Master and not just a fuckup by the postal service.
—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
In the study, Ned correctly surmises that Colum riled Dougal up into beating Malcolm so that Colum could be seen as the cooler head/better leader.
—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surmises
Noun
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Competitive Wordle Score Another tie game with four guesses each.
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Zuckerberg has stood up a team that is now working to release its own prediction market app called Arena, which internal documents reviewed by NPR show will allow people to make guesses about future events.
Verb
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The Gulf, though legally unchanged, now assumes direct Iranian strike risks.
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Photos of the chefs are right there on the packaging, and the service correctly assumes that their reputations will draw you in.
Verb
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This is not true, unless, Miss Manners supposes, your definition of formality begins and ends with having to wear shoes.
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Farrell supposes that no high school baseball team in the nation has traveled as much as Orange Lutheran has.
Verb
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Sandoval then speculates that Victoria, who was sitting in a nearby chair, was recording the dispute.
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Then there’s the design of work question, Sen speculates.
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Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen thinks so—and there's no more perfect manicure than Capri Blue to match the moment.
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Putin thinks that time is on his side, that Western support will peter out and that Ukraine’s resistance will eventually collapse under pressure from strategic bombing, analysts say.
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Creativity, though, presumes a background in classic technique onto which a personal point of view is added.
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That level presumes an 11 percent underlying rate, plus a 7 percent benefit from the World Cup, partially offset by a 1 percent drag from Middle East operations.
Verb
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Harper suspects Bichette, after seven seasons in Toronto, won’t be treated as a traitor.
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Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — not shades of cotton-candy pink.
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“Surmises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surmises. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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