Definition for Guessing:

• an estimate based on little or no information

Synonyms for Guessing:

• adj.

  •conjectural (adjective)
  • supposed,
  • academic,
  • theoretical,
  • reputed,
  • uncertain,
  • assumed,
  • tentative,
  • Suppositive,
  • unresolved,
  • doubtful,
  • Surmised,
  • suppositious,
  • figured,
  • suppositional.
  •predicting (adjective)
  • predictive.
  •predictive (adjective)
  • foreboding,
  • Portending,
  • Conjecturing,
  • Auguring,
  • foretelling,
  • prognostic,
  • prognosticative,
  • Anticipating,
  • Divining,
  • Presaging.
  •wondering (adjective)
  • inquiring,
  • curious,
  • pondering,
  • speculative,
  • questioning.

• n.

  •dead-reckoning (noun)
  • dead-reckoning.
  •guessing (noun)
  • guesswork,
  • inference,
  • assuming,
  • fancy,
  • hunch,
  • assumption,
  • Positing,
  • imagination,
  • opinion,
  • Postulating,
  • predisposition,
  • speculation,
  • surmise,
  • Theorizing,
  • presumption,
  • deduction,
  • shot.
  •guesswork (noun)
  • going by dead reckoning,
  • going by guess and by God,
  • taking for granted,
  • leaping to conclusions.
  •supposition (noun)
  • rough guess,
  • likelihood,
  • posit,
  • hypothesis,
  • notion,
  • condition,
  • doubt,
  • theory,
  • sneaking suspicion,
  • premise,
  • stab in the dark,
  • thesis,
  • view,
  • Apriorism,
  • suspicion,
  • postulation,
  • presupposition,
  • shot in the dark.

• v.

  •assess (verb)
  • determine,
  • guess,
  • appraise,
  • compute,
  • fix,
  • apprise,
  • dig it,
  • gauge,
  • nick,
  • take measure,
  • peg,
  • valuate,
  • value,
  • weigh,
  • rate,
  • assay,
  • set.
  •calculating (verb)
  • Assessing,
  • Adding,
  • reckoning,
  • Considering,
  • ranking,
  • rating,
  • Multiplying,
  • appraising,
  • judging,
  • measuring,
  • Enumerating,
  • calculating,
  • Surmising,
  • Inferring,
  • scheming,
  • weighing,
  • Systematizing,
  • Triangulating,
  • studying,
  • Gauging,
  • figuring,
  • Totaling,
  • Presuming,
  • rationalizing,
  • Summing,
  • quantifying,
  • Deducing,
  • accounting,
  • Valuing,
  • Estimating,
  • Tallying,
  • evaluating,
  • counting,
  • Approximating,
  • determining,
  • planning,
  • scoring,
  • Supposing,
  • programming,
  • quantizing,
  • scheduling,
  • thinking,
  • concluding,
  • dividing,
  • Plotting,
  • computing.
  •guess (verb)
  • penetrate,
  • survey,
  • pretend,
  • opine,
  • deem,
  • judge,
  • speculate,
  • divine,
  • hypothesize,
  • venture,
  • conjecture,
  • theorize,
  • reckon,
  • deduce,
  • jump to a conclusion,
  • fathom,
  • suggest,
  • size up,
  • infer,
  • take a stab at,
  • predict,
  • solve,
  • think,
  • chance,
  • pick,
  • suppose,
  • think likely,
  • believe,
  • presume,
  • select,
  • calculate,
  • postulate,
  • happen upon,
  • dare say,
  • suspect,
  • predicate,
  • lump it,
  • guesstimate,
  • reason,
  • go out on a limb,
  • take a shot at.
  •supposing (verb)
  • hypothesizing,
  • fantasizing,
  • Speculating,
  • philosophizing,
  • Imagining,
  • Conceiving,
  • Prophesying.

• Other synonyms:

  •dead-reckoning
  • dead reckoning.

Paraphrases for Guessing:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    guess.
  • Noun, plural
    guesses.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    riddles, games.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    suppose, Supposing, Speculating, assuming, Presuming, saying, telling, sensing, thinking, Hoping, Involving, owing, Implying, becoming, Entailing, shall, fishing, visiting, printing, marking.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    imagine, Imagining.

Guessing Sentence Examples:

• It is no guessing, monsieur.

• Then, glancing from one to the other, her cheeks grew pale - she hesitated, instinctively guessing at the truth.