All hypothesis synonyms

noun hypothesis

• theory — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
• proposition — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
• conjecture — A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete.
• inference — the act or process of inferring.
• thesis — a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war.
• guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
• supposition — the act of supposing.
• assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
• rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
• theorem — Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
• premise — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
• interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
• axiom — An axiom is a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
• conclusion — When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
• demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
• ground — the act of grinding.
• layout — an arrangement or plan: We objected to the layout of the house.
• basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
• system — an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
• postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
• scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
• foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
• attribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
• belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
• assignment — An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.
• philosophy — the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
• reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
• plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
• data — You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, data is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun.
• proposal — the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
• condition — If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.
• antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
• term — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
• surmise — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
• derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
• presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
• deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
• principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
• suggestion — the act of suggesting.
• position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
• speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
• lemma — a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
• postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
• explanation — A statement or account that makes something clear.
• shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
• apriority — the quality or fact of being a priori