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Synonyms for theorize
ˈθi əˌraɪz, ˈθɪər aɪzthe·o·rize
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Princeton's WordNet
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, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, opine, mull, speculate, jobtheorizeverb
construct a theory about
"Galileo theorized the motion of the stars"
Synonyms:
conjecture, hypothesize, suppose, hypothesise, speculate, theorise, hypothecatetheorizeverb
form or construct theories
"he thinks and theorizes all day"
Synonyms:
conjecture, hypothesize, suppose, hypothesise, speculate, theorise, hypothecate
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
theorizeverb
Synonyms:
speculate, form theories
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#325 | think | |
#429 | job | |
#496 | say | |
#2773 | guess | |
#3336 | reflect | |
#4090 | imagine | |
#5416 | suppose | |
#13550 | muse | |
#22652 | ponder | |
#22736 | conjecture | |
#24187 | reckon | |
#26872 | speculate | |
#27578 | contemplate | |
#32137 | mull | |
#34131 | meditate | |
#62992 | hypothesize | |
#87937 | presuppose | |
#96645 | ruminate | |
#97446 | theorize | |
#97587 | opine | |
#228072 | hypothesise | |
#270742 | theorise | |
#322678 | hypothecate |
How to use theorize in a sentence?
Other media outlets have insinuated that I influenced the decision by the U.S. to sign a free trade agreement with Colombia, at one point, I was an investor in Pacific Rubiales, a Colombian energy company. I sold my shares in Pacific Rubiales several years before the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, which, I will note, was approved by several U.S. agencies and the White House. To theorize that I had anything to do with that is sheer conjecture.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
Quite simply put, we can theorize on how to turn the engines off at 35,000 feet and not have any of those damn flashing lights go off in the cockpit.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull:
We do not theorize about border protection, we know what happens when those policies were abandoned: 1,200 people died at sea ... it was a catastrophe.
Other studies, on the other hand, have shown increased LDL levels in those following a keto diet, so heart health remains a concern, some theorize that the increased LDL levels are at least in part explained by rapid weight loss causing cholesterol to be mobilized as fat cells shrink.
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- teoritzarCatalan, Valencian
- teorizarSpanish
- teoretisoidaFinnish
- teorizarPortuguese
- теоретизироватьRussian
- teoretiseraSwedish
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