Synonyms for theorize
ˈθi əˌraɪz, ˈθɪər aɪzthe·o·rize

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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, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, opine, mull, speculate, job

2. theorizeverb

   construct a theory about

   "Galileo theorized the motion of the stars"

   Synonyms:
   conjecture, hypothesize, suppose, hypothesise, speculate, theorise, hypothecate

3. theorizeverb

   form or construct theories

   "he thinks and theorizes all day"

   Synonyms:
   conjecture, hypothesize, suppose, hypothesise, speculate, theorise, hypothecate

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1. theorizeverb

   Synonyms:
   speculate, form theories

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1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:

   It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

2. Frank Giustra:

   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.

3. Arika Hoscheit:

   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.

4. 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.

5. Arthur Conan Doyle:

   It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.