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Opine

To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose.

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Anticipate 76% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Expect 76% connected

To wait for; to await.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Straddle 76% connected

To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Suspect 76% connected

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Animadvert 92% connected

To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Guess 92% connected

To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Imagine 92% connected

To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Reckon 92% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Suppose 92% connected

To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Think 92% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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