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Textual thesaurus for "guess"

(noun) dead reckoning, shot, guessing, guesswork

an estimate based on little or no information


(noun) supposition, surmisal, surmise, hypothesis, speculation, conjecture

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence


(verb) think, suppose, opine, reckon, imagine

expect, believe, or suppose

I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel; I thought to find her in a bad state; he didn't think to find her in the kitchen; I guess she is angry at me for standing her up


(verb) infer

guess correctly; solve by guessing

He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize


(verb) judge, approximate, estimate, gauge

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

I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds


(verb) pretend, hazard, venture

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

I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again; I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong