to hazard a conjecture
1conjecture — Synonyms and related words: assume, assumption, axiom, believe, blind guess, bold conjecture, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel, gather, give a guess, glean, guess, guesswork, hazard a conjecture, hunch, hypothesis, imagine …
2conjecture — I. n. Supposition, surmise, guess, hypothesis, theory. II. v. a. Surmise, guess, suppose, divine, suspect. III. v. n. Surmise, guess, suppose, suspect, fancy, dare say, take it, hazard the conjecture …
3hazard — [n1] danger double trouble*, dynamite, endangerment, hot potato*, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, risky business*, thin ice*, threat; concept 675 Ant. protection, safeguard, safety hazard [n2] luck, chance accident, adventure, coincidence,… …
4conjecture — [n] speculation, assumption conclusion, fancy, guess, guesstimate*, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, inference, notion, opinion, perhaps, presumption, shot in the dark*, sneaking suspicion, stab in the dark*, supposition, surmise, theorizing,… …
5hazard — hazardable, adj. hazarder, n. hazardless, adj. /haz euhrd/, n. 1. an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards. 2. something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of… …
6hazard — /ˈhæzəd / (say hazuhd) noun 1. a risk; exposure to danger or harm. 2. the cause of such a risk; a potential source of harm, injury, difficulty, etc.: the car has become a major hazard in modern life. 3. chance; uncertainty. 4. the uncertainty of… …
7hazard — haz•ard [[t]ˈhæz ərd[/t]] n. 1) something causing danger, peril, risk, or difficulty: the many hazards of the big city[/ex] 2) the absence or lack of predictability; chance; uncertainty 3) spo a bunker, sand trap, or the like, constituting an… …
8hazard — 1. noun 1) the hazards of radiation Syn: danger, risk, peril, threat, menace; problem, pitfall 2) literary the laws of hazard Syn: chance, probability, fortuity, luck …
9guess — Synonyms and related words: account as, answer, appraise, appreciate, assess, assume, assumption, be afraid, believe, blind bargain, blind guess, bold conjecture, borderline case, bottom, call, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, chance, class,… …
10predict — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, anticipate, approach, augur, auspicate, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, bet, call, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, come, come on, conclude, conjecture, contemplate, divine …
