Educated guessing

Synonyms for "educated guessing" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)
guesshypothesizeinferinformedinformed estimateinformed guess

Related words (9)

Noun(9 words)
informed hypothesisinformed projectionknowledge-basedprojectreasonedreasoned estimatereasoned guessspeculatesurmise

Related word relations

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More general

13 entries
cognitive actioncognitive processcognitive reasoningconjectureestimateestimationestimation techniqueinferenceinference methodjudgmentpredictionreasoning processtheory formation

More specific

17 entries
best-guessconjectural inferencedomain knowledge based guessestimateexpert elicitationheuristicheuristic guessheuristic reasoninghypothesis generationinferinterval estimatepoint estimateprobability estimaterule of thumbrule-of-thumbspeculate

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

16 entries
best guesscredible educated guesseducated guesseducated guessing methodeducated-guessing approacheducated-guessing frameworkeducated-guessing methodeducated-guessing modeleducated-guessing strategyeducated-guessing techniqueheuristic guessinformed estimateinformed guessreasonable educated guessrule of thumbsound educated guess

Inflections

5 entries
educated guessededucated guesseseducated guessingsmore educated-guessingmost educated-guessing

Derivations

1 entries
educated guess