Guess definition

Guess as a verb

1. expect, believe, or suppose

   "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

   Same sense: think, imagine, suppose, reckon, opine

2. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

   "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"

   Same sense: pretend, venture, hazard

3. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

   Same sense: judge, estimate, gauge, approximate

4. guess correctly; solve by guessing

   "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

   Same sense: infer

Guess as a noun

5. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

   Same sense: speculation, hypothesis, conjecture, surmise, supposition, surmisal

6. an estimate based on little or no information

   Same sense: shot, guessing, dead reckoning, guesswork

Synonyms and antonyms

• think definition
• imagine
• suppose
• reckon
• opine
• pretend
• venture
• hazard
• judge
• estimate
• gauge
• approximate
• infer
• speculation
• hypothesis
• conjecture
• surmise
• supposition
• surmisal
• shot definition
• guessing
• dead reckoning
• guesswork

How to say guess

Guess has 1 syllable and rhymes with yes. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with guess

• yes
• less
• process
• press
• success
• access
• unless
• address
• progress
• dress
• stress
• express

GUESS in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

0

Is GUESS a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check GUESS in the word checker, or unscramble GUESS to see the shorter words in its letters.