Verb
suppose -
express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth" ; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
say
speculate to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
suppose -
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
speculate ,
theorize ,
theorise ,
conjecture ,
hypothesize ,
hypothesise ,
hypothecate
anticipate ,
expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
retrace ,
reconstruct ,
construct cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
explicate ,
formulate ,
develop elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
suppose -
expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel" ; "I thought to find her in a bad state" ; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen" ; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
think ,
opine ,
imagine ,
reckon ,
guess
anticipate ,
expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
suspect imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive" ; "I surmised that the butler did it"
suppose -
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
presuppose
take for granted ,
presume ,
assume take liberties or act with too much confidence
posit ,
postulate take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"
premiss ,
premise take something as preexisting and given
suppose -
require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
presuppose
imply express or state indirectly
logic reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
