Synonyms for Takes stab:

• v.

  •conjecture (verb)
  • figure,
  • assume,
  • guess,
  • pretend,
  • fancy,
  • take a stab,
  • hazard a guess,
  • suppose,
  • take a shot,
  • hypothesize,
  • deem,
  • suspect,
  • theorize,
  • expect,
  • presume,
  • estimate,
  • conceive,
  • infer,
  • conclude,
  • gather,
  • think,
  • glean,
  • guesstimate,
  • feel,
  • judge,
  • take for granted,
  • believe,
  • imagine,
  • surmise.
  •divine (verb)
  • foreknow,
  • discern,
  • Forefeel,
  • deduce,
  • see in the cards,
  • forebode,
  • foretell,
  • anticipate,
  • perceive,
  • visualize,
  • predict,
  • foresee,
  • go out on a limb,
  • apprehend,
  • see,
  • conjecture,
  • prognosticate,
  • intuit,
  • previse,
  • understand.
  •struggle (verb)
  • plug,
  • dig,
  • strain,
  • try,
  • scratch,
  • take on,
  • bend over backwards,
  • hassle,
  • make every effort,
  • slave,
  • offer,
  • toil,
  • strive,
  • plug away,
  • go all out,
  • sweat,
  • have one's nose to grindstone,
  • give the old college try,
  • assay,
  • work like a dog,
  • attempt,
  • undertake,
  • break one's back,
  • hustle,
  • seek,
  • give it one's best shot,
  • tackle,
  • take a crack,
  • endeavor,
  • grind,
  • cope,
  • exert oneself,
  • try one's hardest,
  • break one's neck.
  •surmise (verb)
  • regard,
  • consider,
  • speculate,
  • risk assuming,
  • venture a guess,
  • opine.

Antonyms for Takes stab:

• v.

  • conjecture
    misunderstand, measure, prove, know, calculate, not believe, disbelieve.
  • divine
    neglect, misinterpret, overlook.
  • struggle
    laze, ignore, surrender, forget, withhold, idle, rest, be lazy, procrastinate, yield.
  • surmise
    disregard, wonder, leave, abstain, question.