surmises
Makes educated guesses
Surmises are guesses or conclusions reached with incomplete evidence.
The word suggests educated speculation rather than wild guessing—you surmise based on available clues: Her surmises about his motives proved accurate.
As a verb, to surmise is to suppose or infer without certain proof: I surmised from his tone that something was wrong.
Estimates without certainty
- supposesBelieves without certainty
- speculatesGuesses based on incomplete information
- hypothesizesProposes an unproven explanation
- postulatesAssumed starting principles
theorizes · imagines · reckons · suspects · gathers · concludes · infers · ventures
Means of perception
- feelsPerceives or experiences
- intuitsKnows without reasoning
- perceivesBecomes aware of something
- suspectsThinks someone's guilty
guesses · hunches · gathers · reads · detects · picks up · anticipates · foresees
Reaches by reasoning
- infersDerives by reasoning
- reasonsBases for conclusions
- concludesBrings to an end
- derivesObtains from a source
extrapolates · interprets · analyzes · discerns · gleans · construes · reads · understands
guesses
Estimates without certainty
- supposesBelieves without certainty
- speculatesGuesses based on incomplete information
- hypothesizesProposes an unproven explanation
postulates · theorizes · imagines · reckons · suspects · gathers · concludes · infers · ventures · hazards
senses
Means of perception
suspects · guesses · hunches · gathers · reads · detects · picks up · anticipates · foresees · divines
deduces
Reaches by reasoning
derives · extrapolates · interprets · analyzes · discerns · gleans · construes · reads · understands · apprehends
surmisesknows
Possesses awareness of
certainties · facts · ascertains · verifies · determines
surmisesmeasurements
Quantified sizes or amounts
observations · calculations · data · eyewitness accounts · hard evidence