hypothesis
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
Types & categories
- proposal hypernym
Related & opposite
- conjecture derivation
Sense 2 noun
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
Types & categories
- conception hypernym
- hypothetical hyponym
- gemmule hyponym
- model hyponym
- conjecture hyponym
- supposal hyponym
- historicism hyponym
Parts & wholes
- theory part holonym
Related & opposite
- theorist derivation
- conjecture derivation
- theoretical derivation
Sense 3 noun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Types & categories
- opinion hypernym
- divination hyponym
Related & opposite
- guess derivation
- conjecture derivation
- estimate derivation
- surmise derivation
- hazard derivation
- suppose derivation
- suspect derivation
- speculate derivation
- hypothetical derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | proposal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | theorist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | theoretical |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | theory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conception |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypothetical |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gemmule |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | model |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conjecture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | supposal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | historicism |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | guess |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | surmise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hazard |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppose |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspect |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | speculate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypothetical |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | opinion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | divination |