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

Exciting news for Philadelphia sports fans today as basketball superstar LeBron James officially ends the guessing period for his free agency, signing on with the 76ers for the 2026-27 season. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 24 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

His captain, Harry Kane, who lost in the semifinal of a World Cup for the second time in three tournament, was also not interested in second-guessing. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

His second-guessing doesn’t stanch his inner torrent of bile, which continues through dinner with Irène and her mother, and goes on for another fifteen pages of emotional hypotheticals and conditionals. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

Finding them has typically been an expensive, dangerous guessing game. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

His opponents in an Indigenous game of guessing, strategy and spirituality pointed to the left. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

Last year — when the budget was months past the deadline — schools had to do a lot of guessing. — Elle Meyers, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Or at least a very lucrative guessing game. — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Verb

Harry’s growing suspicion that the young couple is in danger fuels a twisty narrative that keeps both him and the audience guessing and appraising their relationship with technology. — David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026

Earn trust by learning and being curious versus pretending and guessing. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

The Israeli American magician was winning over the crowd with an uncanny name guessing trick, which involved him correctly identifying the name of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's then-unborn daughter. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Even agency staff have been left guessing about why, said a person who works in web support for agencies at the Department of Transportation. — Joel Rose, NPR, 23 July 2026

Open the numbers together instead of guessing from separate corners. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026

The two sides disagree on what bus stops — if any — would trigger an SB79 project and guessing is conjecture. — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 20 July 2026

As a defender, at full speed, you are often left guessing until the last moment. — Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Instead, Northstar also leans on positive signals, such as verifying when a message genuinely comes from a legitimate sender such as a bank or a retailer, so users aren’t left guessing whether a note purporting to be from Amazon is real. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 July 2026