guess

1. 1.

   a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

   Synonymsconjecturesuppositionsurmisesurmisalspeculationhypothesis

   Broaderopinion

   Narrowerdivination
2. 2.

   an estimate based on little or no information

   Synonymsguessworkguessingshotdead reckoning

   Broaderestimate

Other forms of guess

plural

guesses·

past tense

guessed·

present participle

guessing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about guess

What does guess mean?

guess means "expect, believe, or suppose". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in guess?

guess has 1 syllable: guess. In IPA it is /ˈɡɛs/.

What is another word for guess?

Close synonyms include think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is guess a common word?

guess is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with guess?

2 words rhyme with guess. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.