Synonyms of guessing

guessing 1 of 2

noun

as in speculation

Related Words

• speculation
• theory
• guesswork
• hypothesis
• hypothetical
• guess
• thesis
• dead reckoning
• intuition
• conjecture
• hunch
• surmise
• belief
• supposition
• shot
• faith

guessing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of guess

1

as in assuming

to form an opinion from little or no evidence

though she does not speak with an accent, I would still guess that she is a foreigner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assuming
• suspecting
• thinking
• supposing
• speculating
• presuming
• surmising
• imagining
• conjecturing
• believing
• suspicioning
• inferring
• deducing
• expecting
• daresaying
• concluding
• hypothesizing
• theorizing
• gathering
• judging
• reckoning
• conceiving
• hypothecating
• taking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• proving
• establishing
• demonstrating
• documenting
• determining
• learning
• ascertaining
• validating
• finding out
• substantiating

2

as in estimating

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

I would guess the road goes for about two miles before you have to take a left

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estimating
• figuring
• calculating
• making
• supposing
• judging
• gauging
• putting
• reckoning
• conjecturing
• placing
• calling
• understanding
• reasoning
• concluding
• extrapolating
• inferring
• deducing
• gathering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• measuring
• scaling
• computing
• calibrating
• working out

3

as in thinking

to have as an opinion

I never would have guessed that she was capable of such a terrible thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thinking
• believing
• considering
• figuring
• imagining
• feeling
• supposing
• judging
• deeming
• assuming
• conceiving
• holding
• perceiving
• reckoning
• regarding
• allowing
• depending
• viewing
• relying
• accepting
• presuming
• esteeming
• trusting
• surmising
• inferring
• concluding
• deducing
• presupposing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questioning
• suspecting
• doubting
• rejecting
• distrusting
• mistrusting
• discrediting
• disbelieving

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of guessing

Noun

Not every round of online guessing has led to a pregnancy announcement, though. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

It’s marked by fear, second-guessing, and frustration, all with no guarantee that things will actually get better. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Last Saturday's historic fourth-quarter collapse by the Buckeyes in their 24-23 loss at Texas has brought angst and second-guessing usually reserved for losses to arch-rival Michigan. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Kennedy mixed hurry-up tempo with monotonous drives to keep Cal (0-1) guessing. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, performances by Mikey Madison and Jack Quaid are dramatic and compelling, always keeping the viewer second-guessing. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026

Late arriving crowds are part of the LA sports experience, even at USC, because getting places in LA is an unpredictable guessing game. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

At first glance, the second-guessing commenced as Leading Change had only two career starts to his credit. — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

The tour kicked off in Los Angeles as part of the Netflix Is a Joke Fest, with each stop featuring a different guessing game created for each market. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Verb

Then, just to keep us guessing, Pugh attended a press event at New York’s Paley Center in an ethereal all-white Erdem gown, a personification of symbolic innocence. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Booking Holdings’ chief financial officer thinks the companies spending the most on artificial intelligence are guessing. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

This isn’t a clunky security unit that leaves you guessing what triggered an alert. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026

In another moment sure to keep fans guessing, Neal leaves Joe a note — the contents of which are not revealed to the audience. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2026

The variation is significant enough that guessing isn’t a great strategy. — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

And true enough, one fine day earlier in the summer, when the heat had sat on everything, my father had lain down in the farthest meadow with my beautiful mother and there were no prizes for guessing the result. — Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026

Russell said any expert claiming certainty on this right now is guessing, and in fact, more on Wall Street now share that view. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Schemas, permissions and what errors mean increasingly need to be structured and machine-readable, so an agent can interpret them correctly instead of guessing. — Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026