guess

/ɡˈɛs/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. expect, believe, or suppose
   “I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel”
2. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
   “I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again”
3. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
   “I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds”
4. guess correctly; solve by guessing
   “He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize”

noun

1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
2. an estimate based on little or no information

Synonyms for guess

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

Words that rhyme with guess

• press
• dress
• address
• express
• process
• access
• impress
• mess
• recess
• stress
• profess
• s
• distress
• progress
• depress
• excess
• less
• repress
• suppress
• assess
• bless
• egress
• success
• transgress
• confess
• possess
• redress
• undress
• watercress
• carefulness