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. 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.

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. Sharon Giordano:

   Other studies have found that patients who enroll in hospice have better quality of life and longer survival, one could hypothesize that the patients who have good control of their symptoms are more comfortable having their care managed at home through a hospice program.

5. Loren Davis:

   We hypothesize that this may signal a cultural connection between early peoples who lived around the northern Pacific Rim, and that traditional technological ideas spread from northeastern Asia into North America at the end of the last glacial period.