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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.