conjecture
/kun-JEK-cher/nounan opinion formed without sufficient evidence; to guess
“Everything past the second paragraph is pure conjecture.”
- Synonyms
- speculation, guess, surmise
- Antonyms
- fact, certainty
- Root
- ject- (throw)
- Memory hook
- con + ject (throw): ideas thrown together.
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