guess

Meanings

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
• an estimate based on little or no information
• expect, believe, or suppose
  • "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
  • "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"
• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
• guess correctly; solve by guessing
  • "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

Synonyms

approximate, conjecture, dead reckoning, estimate, gauge, guessing, guesswork, hazard, hypothesis, imagine, infer, judge, opine, pretend, reckon, shot, speculation, suppose, supposition, surmisal, surmise, think, venture