Related Words for guess

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suppose
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Verb, Verb
supposition
xx/x
Verb, Noun
surmise
x/
Noun, Verb, Noun
guesswork
/x
Noun, Noun
approximate
x/xx
Noun, Verb
conjecture
x/x
Verb, Verb
think
/
Verb, Verb
speculation
xx/x
Verb, Noun
hypothesis
x/xx
Noun, Noun
infer
x/
Noun, Verb
estimate
/xx
Verb, Verb
imagine
x/x
Verb, Verb
reckon
/x
Verb, Verb
venture
/x
Verb, Verb
hazard
/x
Verb, Verb
judge
/
Verb, Verb
gauge
/
Verb, Verb
shot
/
Verb, Verb
dead reckoning
//xx
Phrase, Verb, Noun
know
/
Verb
dunno
x/
Name
assumes
x/
Verb
wonder
/x
Noun
sure
/
Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
maybe
/x
Adverb
though
/
Adverb
remember
x/x
Verb
probably
/xx
Adverb
speculate
/xx
Verb
tell
/
Verb
hunches
/x
Noun
suspect
x/
Noun
hoping
/x
Verb
figures
/x
Verb
yeah
/
Noun
honestly
/xx
Adverb
presume
x/
Verb
meanings
/x
Noun
doubt
/
Noun
just
/
Adverb
curious
/xx
Adjective
surely
/x
Adverb
perhaps
x/
Adverb
clues
/
Noun
admit
x/
Verb
digress
x/
Verb
although
x/
suggest
x/
Verb
daresay
/x
Verb
obviously
/xxx
Adverb
realize
/xx
Verb
grasp at straws
///
Phrase, Verb
take a stab at
/x//
Phrase, Verb
ballpark
/x
Noun
feel out
//
Phrase, Verb
lick
/
Noun
scratch the surface
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
peek
/
Noun
come round
//
Phrase, Verb
miss the mark
/x/
Name, Verb
take for
//
Phrase, Verb
chance
/
Noun
run into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
know better
//x
Phrase, Verb
punt
/
Noun
beg the question
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
stumble upon
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
fluke
/
Noun
run with
//
Phrase, Verb
see the light
/x/
Phrase, Verb
call it quits
///
Phrase, Verb
come
/
Verb
cross the line
/x/
Phrase, Verb
walk into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fall short
//
Phrase, Verb
cut it close
///
Phrase, Verb
find out
//
Phrase, Verb
beat out
//
Phrase, Verb
come across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
poke
/
Noun
get there
//
Phrase, Verb
stumble on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
read between the lines
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
beat
/
Noun
come to a stop
//x/
Phrase, Verb
come around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
draw straws
//
Phrase, Verb
run short
//
Phrase, Verb
happen on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
have another think coming
/x/x//x
Phrase, Verb
take it
//
Phrase, Verb
settle for
/x/
Phrase, Verb
meet with
//
Phrase, Verb
come down to
///
Phrase, Verb
browse
/
Noun
not have the faintest idea
//x/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
hit on
//
Phrase, Verb
know full well
///
Phrase, Verb
riddles
/x
Noun
passwords
/x
Noun
gee
/
Name
purport
/x
Noun
over
/x
Noun
attacker
x/x
Noun
classmates
/x
Noun
errand
/x
Noun
nationality
xx/xx
Noun
whereabouts
/xx
Noun
intentions
x/x
Noun
golly
/x
Adverb
retrospect
/xx
Noun
offhand
//
Adverb
motives
/x
Noun
nobody
/xx
Noun
well
/
Noun
sir
/
Noun
honey
/x
Noun
readers
/x
Noun
secrets
/x
Noun
looks
/
Noun
identities
x/xx
Noun
doc
/
Noun
shrewdly
/x
Adverb
ending
/x
Noun
outsider
x/x
Noun
darling
/x
Noun
replies
x/
Noun
answers
/x
Noun
random
/x
Noun
correctly
x/x
Adverb
mumbled
/x
Verb
second
/x
Adverb
rest
/
Noun
owe
/
Verb
aright
xx
Adverb
one
/
Noun
settles
/x
Verb
contents
/x
Noun
intelligently
x/xxx
Adverb
mused
/
Verb
listener
/xx
Noun
destination
xx/x
Noun
age
/
Noun
anybody
/xxx
Noun
dimly
/x
Adverb
forgot
x/
Verb
folks
/
Noun
dear
/
Noun
drift
/
Noun
stammered
/x
Verb
incorrectly
xx/x
Adverb
outcome
/x
Noun
observer
x/x
Noun
luck
/
Noun
joked
/
Verb
anyone
/xx
Noun
chuckled
/x
Verb
sheriff
/x
Noun
mom
/
Noun
beforehand
x/x
Adverb
out
/
Noun
billy
/x
Name
muttered
/x
Verb
reasons
/x
Noun
conceded
x/x
Verb
right
/
Adverb
player
/x
Noun
dad
/
Noun
daddy
/x
Noun
only
/x
Adverb
name
/
Noun
appearances
x/xx
Noun
sort
/
Noun
advance
x/
Noun
cause
/
Noun
truth
/
Noun
afraid
x/
Adjective
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
apparently
x/xx
Adverb
approximation
xxx/x
Noun
assumption
x/x
Noun
attempt
x/
Noun, Verb
becomes
x/
Verb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
choose
/
Verb, Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun
construe
x/
Verb, Noun
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
days
/
Noun, Adverb
detect
x/
Verb, Adjective
discern
x/
Verb
divine
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
does
/
Verb
dope
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
emendation
/x/x
Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
estimation
xx/x
Noun
expect
x/
Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foretell
x/
Verb
gamble
/x
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gather
/x
Verb, Noun
generalisation
/xxx/x
Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
gotta
/x
Verb, Noun
hated
/x
Adjective
how
/
Adverb, Noun
hypothesize
x/xx
Verb
idea
x/x
Noun
imply
x/
Verb
instinct
/x
Noun, Adjective
intuition
xx/x
Noun
languish
/x
Verb
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
must
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
notice
/x
Noun, Verb
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
old
/
Adjective, Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
piles
/
Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
plausible
/xx
Adjective
plenty
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
predict
x/
Verb, Noun
presuppose
xx/
Verb
pretend
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
probable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
promise
/x
Noun, Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
question
/x
Noun, Verb
read
/
Verb, Noun
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
save
/
Verb, Noun
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
see
/
Verb, Noun
seem
/
Verb
senses
/x
Verb
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
single
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
suggestion
x/x
Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
tease
/
Verb, Noun
test
/
Noun, Verb
theory
/x
Noun
together
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
trust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
uncertain
x/x
Adjective, Noun
underestimate
/x/xx
Verb, Noun
understand
xx/
Verb
unsure
x/
Adjective
view
/
Noun, Verb
what
/
Adverb, Noun
who
/
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective