Surmisings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Conjectures or assumptions made based on incomplete evidence or reasoning
2. The act of forming opinions or guesses about something without conclusive proof
3. Thoughts or inferences drawn from circumstantial indications or hints rather than solid facts

Etymology: "Surmisings" is simply the plural of "surmising," a noun for guesses made without proof. It is the form of the noun that names each individual conjecture, so one speculation is a surmising and several are surmisings. The base noun "surmising" comes from the verb "surmise," which in its earliest English uses meant to accuse someone or to suspect them of something, before it came to mean reaching a conclusion on slight evidence.

Synonyms: guesses, assumptions, conjectures, inferences, speculations

Antonyms: certainties, facts, truths, proofs, evidences