1. (

• guess ,
• conjecture ,
• supposition ,
• surmise ,
• surmisal ,
• speculation ,
• hypothesis ,

) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence ;

1. (

• surmise

) infer from incomplete evidence ;

2. (

• suspect ,
• surmise

) imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" ;