theorize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
Types & categories
- expect hypernym
- reconstruct hyponym
- formulate hyponym
Related & opposite
- conjecture derivation
- theorization derivation
- supposal derivation
- hypothesis derivation
- conjecture derivation
- theory derivation
- supposition derivation
- hypothesis derivation
- speculator derivation
- theorist derivation
- notional derivation
Sense 2 verb
construct a theory about
Galileo theorized the motion of the stars
Types & categories
- reason hypernym
Related & opposite
- theorization derivation
- theorize verb group
Sense 3 verb
form or construct theories
he thinks and theorizes all day
Types & categories
- reason hypernym
Related & opposite
- theorization derivation
- theorize verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | theorization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypothesis |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | theory |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypothesis |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | speculator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | theorist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | notional |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reconstruct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | formulate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | theorization |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | theorize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reason |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | theorization |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | theorize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reason |