Associations to the word «Surmise»
Noun
- Spock
- Conjecture
- Supposition
- Garion
- Scholar
- Historian
- Rumor
- Tilly
- Certainty
- Suspicion
- Imagining
- Gossip
- Sparhawk
- Distrust
- Guess
- Mallory
- Apprehension
- Scruple
- Jealousy
- Must
- Pitt
- Nightfall
- Fancy
- Rising
- Speculation
- Bargaining
- Empty
- Might
- Hint
- Cindy
- Whisper
- Rumour
- Vulcan
- Clue
- Mara
- Proof
- Disappearance
- Picard
- Inquiry
- Zeus
- Haul
- Fact
- Suspect
- Lookout
- Explanation
- Doubt
- Fate
- Truth
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
SURMISE, noun. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
SURMISE, noun. Reflection; thought; posit.
SURMISE, verb. To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.
Dictionary definition
SURMISE, noun. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
SURMISE, verb. Infer from incomplete evidence.
SURMISE, verb. Imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.