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. 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.

2. Regis Lopez:

   Our results may help to understand the mechanisms of the sleepwalking episodes, we hypothesize that a dissociate state of arousal may modify the components of sleep-wake behavior, consciousness, and also pain perception.

3. 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.

4. Joshua Tal:

   Dreams do usually incorporate things that happened during the day, leading some researchers to hypothesize that dreams and rapid eye movement sleep is essential for memory consolidation and cognitive rejuvenation, nightmares are the mind’s attempts at making sense of these events, by replaying them in images during sleep.

5. Lisanne Blauw:

   The function of brown fat tissue is to burn fat to generate heat, which is important to prevent a decline in body temperature during cold exposure. Therefore, we hypothesize that brown fat plays a role in the mechanism underlying the association between outdoor temperature and diabetes, in warmer climates, brown fat may be less activated, which may causally lead to insulin resistance and diabetes.