Synonyms for hypothesize
haɪˈpɒθ əˌsaɪz, hɪ-hy·poth·e·size

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1. hypothesizeverb

   Synonyms:
   guess

2. hypothesizeverb

   to hypothesise

   Synonyms:
   guess

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1. speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, supposeverb

   to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

   Synonyms:
   hypothecate, presuppose, guess, contemplate, think, theorise, conjecture, say, reflect, chew over, excogitate, reckon, suppose, imagine, hypothesise, mull over, think over, ponder, theorize, muse, ruminate, meditate, opine, mull, speculate, job

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1. List of paraphrases for "hypothesize":

   postulate

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1. Peter Ueda:

   You could say that there is a demand for alternative sexual or romantic experiences because people are finding it difficult to find partners, or you could hypothesize that the rise in these services are because some people prefer to express their sexuality in these ways.

2. Nicola Lindson-Hawley:

   We hypothesize that you get it all out of the way in one go [by quitting abruptly]. In the gradual group, because they were put through it in a gradual way, they lost the motivation.

3. Kenneth Angielczyk:

   Euchambersia has very distinct, large pits on the side of its face that connect to grooves on the canine teeth via a groove above the tooth row, this combination of features in Euchambersia has been used to hypothesize that it may have been venomous, although again we can't be completely certain of this. The groove in Ichibengops shows some similarities to that in Euchambersia, and because they are fairly closely related, we suggested that something similar may have been going on in Ichibengops.

4. Wang Min:

   The well-preserved tail feathers in this new fossil bird provide great new information about how sexual selection has shaped the avian tail from their earliest stage, the complexity we see in Yuanchuavis's feathers is related to one of the reasons we hypothesize why living birds are so incredibly diverse, because they can separate themselves into different species just by differences in plumage and differences in song.

5. Jason Pradarelli:

   However, in today’s environment of team-based, multidisciplinary patient care, it is reasonable to hypothesize that transformational leadership styles that encourage surgical team members to put forth extra effort and improve their communication and cooperative behaviors might optimize patient outcomes after surgery.