| ADJECTIVE | all | conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious | based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence |
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| Meaning | Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence. | |
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| Example | "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural" | |
| Synonyms | divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious | |
| Broader | theoretical, theoretic | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations |
| Spanish | adivinatorio, conjetural, hipotético, supositivo, supuesto | |
| Catalan | hipotètic, supositiu | |
| Nouns | conjecture | a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) |
| conjecture | reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence | |
| conjecture | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | |
| Adverbs | conjecturally | in a manner involving or inclined to conjecture / conjecture / conjecture and supposition |
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