SECOND-GUESS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

second-guess

verb

Definition of second-guess

as in to outguess

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as in to speculate (about)

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Recent Examples of second-guess The Supreme Court justices agreed, in an unsigned opinion, that federal courts should not second-guess state courts under a 1996 federal law that was intended to reduce federal court oversight of state criminal trials. — CBS News, 22 June 2026 Fans will love the trade at the time and then second-guess it when the other team has the star player. — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 16 June 2026 That pressure can make a smart person second-guess their gut. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 Turning an idea into a finished book usually takes months of writing, editing, and second-guessing. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for second-guess

Recent Examples of Synonyms for second-guess

Verb

No one knows for sure, and older investors are often better served by accepting that uncertainty rather than trying to outguess it.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
With the right guardrails in place, investors don't have to outguess the market.

— Chris Stevens, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025

Definition of outguess

Verb

In another trial, researchers with the UC San Diego School of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University are also analyzing blood from 84 adult participants with HIV and abnormal levels of body fat buildup.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Rather than simply applying basic color segmentation, Hi3D analyzes the model’s visual information while considering manufacturing requirements.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of analyze

Verb

Instead, Watts reasoned McCollough must not have had enough water that day.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
And people including many scientists living back then, were very convinced that this was an animal who could do mathematics, who could count, who could reason about simple problems in the way that humans do.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of reason

Verb

The characters' abilities are built around outmaneuvering, not outgunning.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
For more than a decade, India’s leader Narendra Modi has seemed politically unassailable, presiding over a government that has outmaneuvered opponents, dominated public discourse and squeezed the space for dissent in the world’s biggest democracy.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of outmaneuver

Verb

New figures show nearly two-thirds believe AI heightens the need for human discussion, a figure that jumps to 82% for critical decisions.

— Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Only Brentford’s Michael Kayode (164) sent more long throws into the penalty area than Ampadu (135) last season, but Brenden Aaronson believes his captain is looking even more dangerous.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of believe

Verb

This concludes a much more low-key episode than the pilot but one that keeps its characters in full view while nudging each mystery carefully forward.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Any doubts over whether that deal would be concluded would have been banished as soon as Riad was taken off.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026