guess

Noun

• an estimate based on little or no information

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Verb

• guess correctly; solve by guessing
  • He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize
    

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
  • I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
    

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
  • I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again
    
  • I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
    

• expect, believe, or suppose
  • I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
    
  • I thought to find her in a bad state
    
  • he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
    
  • I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  guesswork , guessing , shot , dead reckoning , conjecture , supposition , surmise , surmisal , speculation , hypothesis , infer , estimate , gauge , approximate , judge , venture , pretend , hazard , think , opine , suppose , imagine , reckon