guess
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Types & categories
- opinion hypernym
- divination hyponym
Related & opposite
- guess derivation
- conjecture derivation
- estimate derivation
- surmise derivation
- hazard derivation
- suppose derivation
- suspect derivation
- speculate derivation
- hypothetical derivation
Sense 2 verb
expect, believe, or suppose
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- supposal derivation
- dead reckoning derivation
- thought derivation
- opinion derivation
- supposition derivation
- guesser derivation
Sense 3 noun
an estimate based on little or no information
Types & categories
- approximation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again
Types & categories
- speculate hypernym
- prognosticate hyponym
- suspect hyponym
Related & opposite
- dead reckoning derivation
- supposition derivation
- guesser derivation
- fortune derivation
Sense 5 verb
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- overestimate also see
- lowball also see
- estimate derivation
- judging derivation
- approximation derivation
- estimation derivation
- supposition derivation
- estimate derivation
- evaluator derivation
- guesser derivation
- approximate derivation
Sense 6 verb
guess correctly; solve by guessing
He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- guesser derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | guess |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | surmise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hazard |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppose |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspect |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | speculate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypothetical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | opinion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | divination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dead reckoning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thought |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | opinion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | guesser |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | expect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspect |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | guess |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hazard |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | approximation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dead reckoning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | guesser |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fortune |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | speculate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | prognosticate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspect |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | overestimate |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | lowball |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | judging |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | approximation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | evaluator |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | guesser |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | approximate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | calculate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | quantize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | misgauge |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | put |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lowball |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | assess |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | reckon |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | truncate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | guesstimate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | guesser |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | solve |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tell |