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1. guess
verb. ['ˈgɛs'] expect, believe, or suppose.
Synonyms
- opine
- reckon
- suppose
- suspect
- expect
- think
- anticipate
Antonyms
- disrespect
- disesteem
- mistrust
- distrust
Etymology
- gesse (Middle English (1100-1500))
- gessen (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Rhymes with Guess
- transgress
- nevertheless
- stds
- nonetheless
- l'express
- dispossess
- convalesce
- tcas
- simplesse
- repossess
- reinvests
- progress
- kjos
- hces
- express'
- express
- distress
- compress
- cmos
- adss
- abts
- uys
- uss
- undress
- suppress
- suggests
- success
- requests
- repress
- regress
How do you pronounce guess?
Pronounce guess as gɛs.
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Sentences with guess
1. Verb, base form
The first child to guess the body part correctly can describe the next body part.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
I guess that's why I'm attracted to their work."
Quotes about guess
1. I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
- Virginia Woolf
2. Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.
- Lady Gaga
3. People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.
- John Oliver
2. second-guess
verb. attempt to anticipate or predict.
Synonyms
- prognosticate
- forebode
- anticipate
- foretell
- call
- predict
- promise
Antonyms
- put option
- contraindicate
- praise
3. second-guess
verb. evaluate or criticize with hindsight.
Antonyms
- demobilize
4. guess
verb. ['ˈgɛs'] put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation.
Synonyms
- prognosticate
- hazard
- speculate
- forebode
- pretend
- suspect
- anticipate
- surmise
- venture
- call
- predict
- promise
Antonyms
- inelasticity
- forbid
- disallow
- refuse
Etymology
- gesse (Middle English (1100-1500))
- gessen (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. guess
verb. ['ˈgɛs'] guess correctly; solve by guessing.
Synonyms
- lick
- solve
- puzzle out
- work
- work out
- tell
- figure out
Antonyms
- withdraw
- take
- borrow
- breastfeed
Etymology
- gesse (Middle English (1100-1500))
- gessen (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. guess
verb. ['ˈgɛs'] judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).
Synonyms
- reckon
- compute
- give
- calculate
- misgauge
- gauge
- estimate
- set
- count
- judge
- put
- lowball
- guesstimate
- place
- quantise
- work out
- figure
- assess
- cipher
- quantize
- cypher
- make
- truncate
- approximate
Antonyms
- bottlefeed
- disinherit
- explode
- stay
Etymology
- gesse (Middle English (1100-1500))
- gessen (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. guess
noun. ['ˈgɛs'] a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
Synonyms
- surmisal
- conjecture
- hypothesis
- speculation
- view
- surmise
- opinion
- divination
Antonyms
- add
- subtract
- esteem
- respect
Etymology
- gesse (Middle English (1100-1500))
- gessen (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. guess
noun. ['ˈgɛs'] an estimate based on little or no information.
Synonyms
- approximation
- estimation
- idea
- dead reckoning
- guessing
- shot
- estimate
Antonyms
- overvalue
- divide
- multiply
- integrate
Etymology
- gesse (Middle English (1100-1500))
- gessen (Middle English (1100-1500))