hunch
Suspicion without proof
A hunch is an intuitive feeling or suspicion not based on evidence: I had a hunch she wasn't telling the truth.
To hunch is to arch or draw up: He hunched his shoulders against the cold.
A hunch can also be a rounded lump, as in hunchback—someone with a curved spine.
Instinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- feelingSensed inner state
suspicion · sense · notion · premonition · presentiment · foreboding · insight · gut
Small entry porch
- crouchLow bent-knee stance
- bendCurve or flex
- archCurved spanning structure
- bowRespectful forward inclination
rounded · stooped · kyphosis · curved · humpback · shoulders · spine · back
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
supposition · guesstimate · educated guess · stab in the dark · shot in the dark · wild guess · ballpark · estimate
Solving aid
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- caseContainer or instance
suspect · evidence · sleuth · private eye · gumshoe · noir · whodunit · breakthrough
Notice of future trouble
- omenProphetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
warning sign · bad feeling · augury · foreboding · presage · prophetic · vision · sense of doom
gut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
feeling · suspicion · sense · notion · premonition · presentiment · foreboding · insight · gut · intuitive
stoop
Small entry porch
bow · rounded · stooped · kyphosis · curved · humpback · shoulders · spine · back · lean
speculation
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
assumption · supposition · guesstimate · educated guess · stab in the dark · shot in the dark · wild guess · ballpark · estimate · surmise
clue
Solving aid
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
case · suspect · evidence · sleuth · private eye · gumshoe · noir · whodunit · breakthrough · tip-off
forewarning
Notice of future trouble
foreshadowing · warning sign · bad feeling · augury · foreboding · presage · prophetic · vision · sense of doom · apprehension
- guessingguess, prediction, hypothesis, conjecture, speculation
- gut feelingsgut feeling, gut instinct, gut reaction, instinct, intuition
- instinctsinstinct, survival instinct, survival instincts, maternal instinct, gut instinct
- Quick Decisionssnap judgment, gut feeling, impulse buy, quick pick, on the fly
- urgesurge, impulse, sudden urge, craving, compulsion
- impulsesimpulse, urge, impulse buying, blurting out, whim
hunchstraighten
Make linear or orderly
stand tall · unhunch · stretch · extend · sit up straight
- hunched over
- hunch overCurve torso forward
- hunched shoulders
- hunched backAbnormally curved upper spine
- The HunchbackCurved-spine recluse
hunched, hunchback, hunching, hunches, hunchbacked, hunchbacks, hunch over