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The Meaning of guess

  • (v. t.) To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
  • (v. t.) To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
  • (v. t.) To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
  • (v. t.) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
  • (v. t.) To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
  • (v. i.) To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
  • (n.) 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.

Synonyms

possibility , conjecture , surmise , guesswork , theory , meditation , venture , supposition , dead reckoning , guessing , surmisal , supposal , assumption , hypothesis , speculation , shot , stab , injection , scene , dig , stroke , barb , gibe , shaft , slam , crack , pellet , nip , shooter , shooting , blastoff , snap , snapshot , jibe , approximate , call back , cerebrate , bet , speak out , suppose , look , reckon , hypothesise , work out , mean , view , retrieve , figure , speculate , pretend , gauge , envisage , call up , infer , judge , see , say , theorize , depend , think , calculate , cypher , intend , hypothesize , opine , recollect , speak up , hazard , imagine , compute , theorise , sound off , regard , animadvert , presuppose , recall , believe , count , hypothecate , ideate , estimate , consider , remember , cogitate , forecast , cipher , conceive , conceive of , count on , run a risk , adventure , dissemble , make believe , gamble , sham , chance , embark , affect , jeopardize , stake , act , take chances , profess , take a chance , risk , make , feign , pass judgment , try , pronounce , label , evaluate , come close , adjudicate , deduct , derive , generalise , extrapolate , generalize , understand , deduce , scheme , system , expect , anticipate

Antonyms

certainty , demonstration , discovery , evidence , fact , proof

Rhymes

abs , abscess , abts , access , acquiesce , address , adss , aggress , assess , attests , bess , besse , bless , bress , bresse , caress , ccs , ches , chess , cmos , coalesce , compress , confess , contests , convalesce , cress , depress , digests , digress , dispossess , distress , dress , egress , ellesse , ess , esse , etess , excess , express , fess , finesse , fluoresce , fress , gess , gless , gress , hces , headdress , hess , hesse , impress , ines , inverness , jess , kess , kless , kness , kress , kresse , kubes , largesse , lcs , les , less , letterpress , ls , mess , ness , nevertheless , noblesse , nonetheless , oas , obsess , oppress , outguess , overdress , pesce , pless , possess , press , presse , process , profess , progress , protests , ques , reassess , recess , redress , refenes , regress , reinvests , repossess , repress , requests , ress , s , simplesse , stds , stress , success , suppress , tcas , tess , transgress , tress , ts , undress , unless , uss , vess , watercress , wes , wess , ws , yes