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

Torn, who died in 2019, kept his co-stars guessing, according to Pollak. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

There’s outward social and internalized pressure on the Dashwood sisters to marry, and do it quickly, but per any Austen tale, the path is blotchy and blocked by obstacles and second-guessing. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026

There’s no sense of looking over your shoulder or second-guessing. — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026

For Giacchino, the trick to scoring a film filled with so much intrigue is keeping the viewer guessing. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

What greatness, what glory, was there in a God who made a universe only to destroy it as part of a 2,000-year-old guessing game? — David Von Drehle, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

MeCore lets people discover products through aesthetics and visual inspiration rather than relying primarily on traditional search and keyword guessing. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

On a team that turned to its bullpen more than any other club in the majors, his pitching decisions were sometimes ripe for second-guessing. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Oct. 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

Verb

So guessing this effects the poster’s criteria of cloud cover. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Rodriguez’s presence over opposing interior offensive lineman on passing downs keeps them guessing. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026

Spend less time guessing and more time finding bugs that pay out. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

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

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

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