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

The trick is to avoid second-guessing, worrying, griping or doing other things that waste time, according to Schore. — CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

All that guessing will create herding and noise trading as the crowd chases the crowd like a dog chases its tail, in a futile attempt to get ahead of the next unpredictable change in what humors the Big Player. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

In addition to being a fun interactive guessing game, the company said the cookie lover who guesses the flavor correctly will win a $25,000 grand prize. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Moving in together won’t guarantee a perfect relationship, but honest conversations before and after the boxes are unpacked can make sharing a home feel more like a partnership than a guessing game. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026

But therapists say honest conversations before and after move-in day can make sharing a home feel much more like a partnership than a guessing game. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

Not a bad day of guessing, though TRIBE got me off to a rough start, with 168 remaining. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Petite Summer Dresses Shopping for dresses online can feel like a stressful guessing game where the loser ends up at the tailor. — Mariana Best, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

The Fenway faithful don’t like sell-offs and the guessing now is the Sawx hold onto Gray and Chapman and hope to get Crochet and Anthony back by mid-August to make a run at the Yankees. — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026

Verb

The Bot gets a point for guessing in three and loses it again for losing to me. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

So the public is left guessing about how much climate pollution is tied to the large language models of OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX’s SpaceXAI, and whether the companies plan to curb it. — Olivia Raimonde, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

This often results in trying to measure lead or second guessing during your swing, both of which are guaranteed ways to miss. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026

The notion of luck is seemingly an ill fit for his new home state, where fortunes were made by guessing where to drill a hole into the ground in search of oil. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2026

Since then, Rihanna has kept fans guessing about when — or if — a follow-up would arrive. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

At the end of the fairytale, the Queen vanquishes Rumpelstiltskin by correctly guessing his name. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Deliberate ambiguity increases uncertainty by keeping opponents guessing. — Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026