Overview of noun conjecture

The noun conjecture has 3 senses

• speculation, conjecture -- (a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture")


• guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis -- (a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence)


• conjecture -- (reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence)

Overview of verb conjecture

The verb conjecture has 1 sense

• speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose -- (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps")