supposer
One who guesses
A supposer is someone who supposes—that is, someone who assumes, believes, or hypothesizes something without certain knowledge.
The term is rarely used as a standalone noun in everyday English, though it occasionally appears in philosophical or logical contexts to identify the person making an assumption.
The supposer of this theory failed to account for contradictory evidence.
Estimate without certainty
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
- speculateGuess based on incomplete evidence
- theorizeForm explanatory suppositions
- hypothesizePropose a tentative explanation
postulate · infer · imagine · reckon · suspect · estimate · extrapolate · deduce
Expect beforehand
- presumeAccept without verification
- believeAccept as true
- trustConfidence in another
- imagineForm mental pictures
reckon · assume · think · gather · suspect · fancy · figure · guess
Foundation for logical argument
- postulateAssumed starting point
- presumeAccept without verification
- givenAccepted as fact
- basisUnderlying support or principle
foundation · belief · conviction · expectation · preconception · presumption · axiom · tenet
Hypothetical scenario query
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
- counterfactualContrary-to-fact supposition
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- imaginaryExisting only in thought
notional · conceivable · possible · potential · tentative · provisional · abstract · speculative
guess
Estimate without certainty
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
- speculateGuess based on incomplete evidence
- theorizeForm explanatory suppositions
hypothesize · postulate · infer · imagine · reckon · suspect · estimate · extrapolate · deduce · conclude
anticipate
Expect beforehand
imagine · reckon · assume · think · gather · suspect · fancy · figure · guess · understand
premise
Foundation for logical argument
basis · foundation · belief · conviction · expectation · preconception · presumption · axiom · tenet · principle
what-if
Hypothetical scenario query
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
- counterfactualContrary-to-fact supposition
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
imaginary · notional · conceivable · possible · potential · tentative · provisional · abstract · speculative · conjectural
supposerknower
One who apprehends
certifier · verifier · prover · demonstrator · establisher
- supposed toExpected or required
- be supposed toExpected by rule or norm
- I supposeTentative concession phrase
- is supposed toExpected to do/be
- was supposed toExpected but didn't
- supposed to be
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