Guessing

/ˈɡɛsɪŋ/

Synonyms for "guessing" (49 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(3 words)

guess approximate approximation

abashed abroad adrift astrayat seabewildered bothered

Strong matches (15)

clueless confused discomposed disconcerted dismayed disoriented distracted distraught disturbed embarrassed

Noun(5 words)

conjecture conjecturingcounting avoidancedead reckoningestimate

Related words (24)

Noun(9 words)

estimation estimative guesswork infer shot speculation speculative suppose tentative

in a fixin a mazein a picklein a scrapein a stewinference lost mazedoff the trackperturbedput output-outturned aroundupsetwithout a clue

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

approximationcognitive processdescriptor estimate estimation idea inferencemental processmethod descriptor

More specific

11 entries

ballpark figureeducated guessguesstimate heuristicheuristic guessprobabilisticprobabilistic guessrough estimaterough guessspeculative tentative

Collocations

15 entries

educated guessguessing accuracyguessing algorithmguessing approachguessing errorguessing gameguessing modelguessing probabilityguessing strategyhasty guessprobabilistic guessrandom guessrough guesssafe guesswild guess

Inflections

4 entries

guessed guessesmore guessingmost guessing

Derivations

4 entries

guess guessable guesser guesswork

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm sick of playing these goddamn guessing games with you.

Source: tatoeba (718014)

The frog and I took turns guessing what the secret recipe was.

Source: tatoeba (928612)

I'm guessing you didn't clean your house yet.

Source: tatoeba (1125739)

I'm just guessing.

Source: tatoeba (1891008)

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