| Main Entry: |
guess |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
try to figure out; imagine |
Synonyms: |
believe,
calculate,
chance,
conjecture, dare say,
deduce,
deem,
divine,
estimate,
fancy*,
fathom, go out on a limb, guesstimate, happen upon,
hazard*, hypothesize,
infer,
judge, jump to a conclusion, lump it,
opine,
penetrate,
pick,
postulate,
predicate,
predict,
presume,
pretend,
reason,
reckon,
select, size up,
solve,
speculate,
suggest,
suppose,
surmise,
survey,
suspect, take a shot at, take a stab at, theorize,
think, think likely,
venture,
work out*
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Antonyms: |
calculate, measure
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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