Synonyms of guessed

guessed 1 of 2

adjective

as in suspected

Related Words

• suspected
• assumed
• presumed
• alleged
• surmised
• conjectured
• justifiable
• excusable
• warrantable
• defensible
• vindicable
• demonstrable
• well-founded
• provable
• verifiable
• certifiable
• documentable
• checkable
• empirical
• confirmable
• sustainable
• supportable

Dissimilar Words

• unsustainable
• unprovable
• unverifiable
• debatable
• unsupportable
• insupportable
• indemonstrable
• disputable
• refutable
• disprovable

guessed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of guess

1

as in assumed

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

• assumed
• suspected
• supposed
• thought
• surmised
• presumed
• imagined
• speculated
• conjectured
• believed
• suspicioned
• deduced
• expected
• inferred
• concluded
• daresaid
• gathered
• hypothesized
• theorized
• reckoned
• conceived
• judged
• hypothecated
• took

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• established
• proved
• demonstrated
• documented
• determined
• learned
• ascertained
• validated
• substantiated
• found out

2

as in estimated

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

• estimated
• figured
• calculated
• made
• supposed
• gauged
• judged
• put
• reckoned
• conjectured
• called
• placed
• understood
• concluded
• reasoned
• deduced
• inferred
• gathered
• extrapolated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• measured
• computed
• calibrated
• scaled
• worked out

3

as in thought

to have as an opinion

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thought
• believed
• figured
• imagined
• considered
• felt
• supposed
• deemed
• conceived
• judged
• assumed
• perceived
• reckoned
• held
• allowed
• esteemed
• regarded
• viewed
• accepted
• presumed
• relied
• surmised
• depended
• concluded
• trusted
• deduced
• inferred
• presupposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspected
• doubted
• questioned
• rejected
• distrusted
• mistrusted
• discredited
• disbelieved

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of guessed

Verb

One person in the audience counted seven bidders and guessed that anyone serious about winning would have been advised to go way, way above the estimate. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026

Abdeen guessed that they were drawn to the familiar symbols that the Masons borrowed from what the French had dubbed the Orient, such as the tarboosh, a brimless and tasselled hat. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

The big reason passkeys are safer is that they can't be stolen, copied, or guessed. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Sometimes PLCs have no passwords or easily guessed ones, security experts told CBS News. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Who ever would have guessed back then that Kent would make it to the Hall of Fame before Bonds did? — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Some of the other players guessed the palette was lip liner or foundation. — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

Queen Elizabeth in particular loved wearing pearl pieces, which the outlet guessed likely stemmed from King George VI’s sweet tradition of giving his two daughters a pair of pearls every year for their birthdays. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 July 2026

Bruce was the only one who guessed correctly, doubling her total to $18,800. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026