guess - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

an estimate based on little or no information

Synonyms

• dead reckoning
• guess
• guessing
• guesswork
• shot

More generic

• approximation
• estimate
• estimation
• idea

Noun

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Synonyms

• conjecture
• guess
• hypothesis
• speculation
• supposition
• surmisal
• surmise

More generic

• opinion
• view

More specific

• divination

Verb

expect, believe, or suppose

Synonyms

• guess
• imagine
• opine
• reckon
• suppose
• think

More generic

• anticipate
• expect

More specific

• suspect

Verb

guess correctly; solve by guessing

Synonyms

• guess
• infer

More generic

• figure out
• lick
• puzzle out
• solve
• work
• work out

More specific

• tell

Verb

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

Synonyms

• approximate
• estimate
• gauge
• guess
• judge

More generic

• calculate
• cipher
• compute
• cypher
• figure
• reckon
• work out

More specific

• assess
• count
• give
• guesstimate
• lowball
• make
• misgauge
• place
• put
• quantise
• quantize
• reckon
• set
• truncate
• underestimate

Verb

put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

Synonyms

• guess
• hazard
• pretend
• venture

More generic

• speculate

More specific

• anticipate
• call
• forebode
• foretell
• predict
• prognosticate
• promise
• surmise
• suspect

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