guesstimate

Questions about guesstimate

What does guesstimate mean?

guesstimate means "an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in guesstimate?

guesstimate has 3 syllables: gues-sti-mate. The stress falls on "gues". In IPA it is /ˈɡɛstɪmɪt/.

What is another word for guesstimate?

Close synonyms include guestimate. 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 guesstimate a common word?

guesstimate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.