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Synonyms
con·jec·ture (kən-jĕḱchər)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin coniectūra, from coniectus past participle of conicere, to infer, com-, com-, + iacere, to throw.]

noun 

  1. Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.
  2. A statement, opinion, or conclusion based on guesswork: The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.

verb: -tured, -tur·ing, -tures. 

transitive verb 

To infer from inconclusive evidence; guess.

intransitive verb 

To make a conjecture.

derivatives

con·jećtur·a·ble
adjective
con·jećtur·a·bly
adverb
con·jećtur·er
noun