hypothesis
I
noun
assertion, assignment of cause, assumption, conclusion drawn from accepted truths, coniectura, conjecture, deduction, guess, inference, postulate, postulation, speculation, suggestion, supposal, supposition, surmise, tentative explanation, tentative law, theory, thesis, unproved theory
II
index
assumption (supposition), basis, conjecture, deduction (conclusion), generalization, idea, inference, opinion (belief), postulate, presumption, prolepsis, proposition, speculation (conjecture), supposition, theory, thesis
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006