· express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

Synonym(s): say

Hypernym(s): speculate

· expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

Synonym(s): think, opine, imagine, reckon, guess

Hypernym(s): expect, anticipate

· to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

Synonym(s): speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate

Hypernym(s): expect, anticipate

· take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"

Synonym(s): presuppose

Hypernym(s): assume, presume, take_for_granted

· require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"

Synonym(s): presuppose

Hypernym(s): imply

· required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"

· mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts"

· doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"

Synonym(s): alleged, so-called

· based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"

Synonym(s): conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious