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conjectural

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that is conjectural; a conjecture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
  • the supposed reason for his absence
  • suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
  • hypothetical situation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From conjecture + -al.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَرَضِيّ (faraḍiyy) — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Bulgarian: предполагаем (predpolagaem) — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Catalan: conjectural — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Dutch: verondersteld — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Dutch: gegist — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Dutch: conjecturaal — in the nature of a conjecture
  • French: conjectural — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Galician: conxectural — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Hungarian: feltevésen alapuló — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Italian: congetturale — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Latin: opīnābilis — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Polish: oparty na przypuszczeniach — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Polish: oparty na domysłach — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Portuguese: conjectural — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Portuguese: conjetural — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Serbo-Croatian: pretpostavljen — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Spanish: conjetural — in the nature of a conjecture
  • Uzbek: faraziy — in the nature of a conjecture