N. supposition, assumption, assumed position,
postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis,
postulate,
postulatum, theory,
thesis, theorem, data, proposition, position, proposal,
presumption,
divination, conjecture,
guess,
guesswork, speculation, rough guess, shot, shot in the dark, conjecturality,
surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, estimate, approximation (nearness) 197,
inkling, suggestion,
hint,
intimation, notion, impression, bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion,
association of ideas, (analogy) 514a, metonym,
metonymy, simile (metaphor) 521,
conceit, idea, thought, original idea, invention (imagination) 515
V. suppose, conjecture,
surmise,
suspect,
guess, divine,
theorize,
presume,
presurmise, presuppose, assume, fancy,
wis, take it, give a guess,
speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted, imagine, put forth,
propound,
propose, start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion, hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture, allude to, suggest,
hint, put it into one's head, suggest itself, run in the head, marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether
Adj. supposing, given,
mooted,
postulatory, assumed,
supposititious,
suppositive, suppositious,
gratuitous, speculative,
conjectural,
hypothetical, theoretical,
academic, supposable,
presumptive,
putative,
suppositional, suggestive,
allusive Adv. if, if so be, an, on the supposition, ex hypothesi, in the case, in the event of,
quasi, as if, provided, perhaps, for aught one knows
N. affirmance,
affirmation, statement,
allegation, assertion,
predication, declaration, word,
averment,
confirmation,
asseveration,
adjuration,
swearing, oath,
affidavit,
deposition,
avouchment, assurance,
protest,
protestation, profession, acknowledgment, legal pledge,
pronouncement, solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration, remark, observation, position, saying,
dictum, sentence, ipse dixit,
emphasis, weight,
dogmatism, dogmatics
V. assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say,
affirm,
predicate, declare, state,
protest,
profess, put forth, put forward, advance,
allege,
propose,
propound,
enunciate,
broach, set forth, hold out, maintain,
contend,
pronounce, pretend,
depose,
depone,
aver,
avow,
avouch,
asseverate,
swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's bible oath, kiss the book,
vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call heaven to witness,
vouch, warrant,
certify,
assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon,
emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice,
dogmatize, have the last word, rap out,
repeat, reassert,
reaffirm,
announce, acknowledge,
attest,
adjure Adj. asserting,
declaratory,
predicatory,
pronunciative,
affirmative,
soi-disant, positive, certain, express,
explicit, absolute,
emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided,
confident,
trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn,
categorical,
peremptory,
unretracted,
predicable Adv. affirmatively, in the affirmative, with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction, as god is my witness, i must say, indeed,
i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, i'd have you to know, upon my word, upon my honor, by my troth,
egad, i assure you, by jingo, by jove, by george, &c,
troth, seriously,
sadly, in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest, of a truth, truly,
perdy, in all conscience, upon oath, be assured,
yes, i'll warrant, i'll warrant you, i'll engage, i'll answer for it, i'll be bound, i'll venture to say, i'll take my oath, in fact,
forsooth, joking apart, so help me god, not to mince the matter
Phr. quoth he, dixi