guess

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

2. 2transitive verb

   To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.

3. 3transitive verb

   To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.

4. 4transitive verb

   To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

5. 5transitive verb

   To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.

7. 7noun

   An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.

8. 8noun

   an estimate based on little or no information

   Synonyms

   guessingguessworkshot
9. 9noun

   a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

   Synonyms

   conjecturehypothesisspeculationsuppositionsurmisalsurmise
10. 10verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    imagineopinereckonsupposethink
11. 11verb

    guess correctly; solve by guessing

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

    Synonyms

    infer
12. 12verb

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

    "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

    Synonyms

    approximateestimategaugejudge
13. 13verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    hazardpretendventure