guess  

Thesaurus for guess

• noun
  • synonyms
    • conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning, approximation, estimate, estimation, idea, opinion, view  
• verb
  • synonyms
    • think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, venture, pretend, hazard, estimate, gauge, approximate, judge, infer, anticipate, calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, expect, figure, figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, speculate, work, work out  
  • related terms
    • overestimate, underestimate  

Pronunciation of guess: G EH1 S (ɡɛs)

Number of syllables of guess: 1

Definition of guess

• (n): an estimate based on little or no information  
• (n): a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence  
• (v): 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"  
• (v): guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"  
• (v): judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"  
• (v): 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"  

Examples of guess

• I guess you could also think of it as sarcasm rather than a malapropism.  
• I guess anything to numb the pain.  
• I guess the topic is somewhat vexing.  
• Guess the identity of the person.  
• I guess we look staid and respectable.  
• I guess the insemination is artificial.  
• I guess that's my tiredness seeping in.  
• I guess the editor misinterpret the information.  
• I guess the process is ineluctable.  
• I guess my issue was that the players probably didn't think it interminable.