Synonyms of the word

guess

• v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
• v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
• v. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
• v. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
• n. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

anticipate

• v. (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
• v. to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
• v. to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
• v. to eagerly wait for (something).

approximate

• adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
• adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
• v. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
• v. To come near to; to approach.
• v. To estimate.

approximation

• n. The act, process or result of approximating.
• n. (mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
• n. (medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.

calculate

• v. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical…
• v. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
• v. (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
• v. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other…
• v. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of…

cipher

• n. A numeric character.
• n. Any text character.
• n. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.
• n. A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
• n. (cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into…
• n. Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
• n. A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods.
• n. A design of interlacing initials: a decorative design consisting of a set of interlaced initials.
• n. (music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been…
• n. A hip-hop jam session.
• n. The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
• n. Someone or something of no importance.
• n. (dated) Zero.
• v. (regional, dated) To calculate.

compute

• v. To reckon or calculate.
• v. (informal) To make sense.
• n. (computing, informal) computational power.

conjecture

• n. (formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
• n. (formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
• n. (mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not…
• n. (obsolete) Interpretation of signs and omens.
• v. (formal, intransitive) To guess; to venture an unproven idea.

cypher

• n. Alternative spelling of cipher.
• v. Alternative spelling of cipher.

estimate

• n. A rough calculation or guess.
• n. (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably…
• n. An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
• v. To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
• v. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.

estimation

• n. The process of making an estimate.
• n. The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
• n. Esteem or favourable regard.

expect

• v. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or…
• v. To consider obligatory or required.
• v. To consider reasonably due.
• v. (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay.

figure

• n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
• n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially,…
• n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
• n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
• n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
• n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
• n. A numeral.
• n. A number.
• n. A shape.
• n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
• n. A dance figure, a complex dance move^W.
• n. A figure of speech.
• n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
• n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
• n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single…
• n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
• v. To solve a mathematical problem.
• v. To come to understand.
• v. (intransitive) To be reasonable.
• v. (transitive) To enter, be a part of.
• v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal;…
• v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
• v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
• v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
• v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
• v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying…
• v. (music) To embellish.

gauge

• n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
• n. An act of measuring.
• n. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things.
• n. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
• n. (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
• n. (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector…
• n. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
• n. (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
• n. (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
• n. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
• n. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of…
• n. (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be…
• n. (slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat…
• n. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
• v. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
• v. (transitive) To estimate.
• v. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
• v. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
• v. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
• v. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

guessing

• n. The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.
• v. present participle of guess.

guesswork

• n. An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.

hazard

• n. (historical) A type of game played with dice.
• n. Chance.
• n. The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
• n. An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
• n. (golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
• n. (billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing…
• n. (obsolete) Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
• v. To expose to chance; to take a risk.
• v. To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on.

hypothesis

• n. (sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem…
• n. (general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
• n. (grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement.

idea

• n. (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as…
• n. (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
• n. (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.
• n. An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
• n. More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
• n. A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
• n. A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
• n. (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.

imagine

• v. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
• v. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind.
• v. (transitive) To assume.
• v. (transitive) To conjecture or guess.
• v. (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

infer

• v. (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction,…
• v. (transitive) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially…
• v. (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.
• v. (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in.

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

lick

• n. The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
• n. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
• n. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts…
• n. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
• n. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
• n. (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
• n. (colloquial) A bit.
• n. (music) A short motif.
• n. Speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.).
• v. To stroke with the tongue.
• v. (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
• v. (colloquial) To overcome.
• v. (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
• v. (colloquial) To do anything partially.
• v. (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
• v. To lap; to take in with the tongue.

opine

• v. (intransitive) To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
• n. (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours.

opinion

• n. A belief that a person has formed about a topic or issue.
• n. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
• n. (obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
• n. (obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
• n. The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially…
• n. (European Union law) a judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice…
• v. (transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.

overestimate

• v. To judge too highly.
• n. An estimation that ends up being too high.

pretend

• v. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
• v. To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
• v. To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to).
• v. To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.

reckon

• v. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
• v. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account;…
• v. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
• v. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by…
• v. (intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
• v. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and…

shot

• adj. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
• adj. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an…
• adj. Tired, weary.
• adj. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
• n. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
• n. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
• n. (athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
• n. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
• n. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
• n. (referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly.
• n. An opportunity or attempt.
• n. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
• n. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
• n. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle,…
• n. A single serving of espresso.
• n. (photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent;…
• n. A vaccination or injection.
• n. (US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is…
• n. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
• n. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
• n. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
• n. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of shoot.
• v. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
• n. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
• interj. (colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.

solve

• v. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
• v. (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
• v. (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen…
• n. (obsolete) A solution; an explanation.

speculate

• v. (intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
• v. (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
• v. (intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or…

speculation

• n. The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
• n. (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
• n. A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
• n. (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal…
• n. The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price,…
• n. Examination by the eye; view.
• n. (obsolete) Power of sight.
• n. A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting…

suppose

• v. (transitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
• v. (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
• v. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
• v. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
• v. To put by fraud in the place of another.

supposition

• n. Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.
• n. The act or an instance of supposing.

surmisal

• n. surmise.

surmise

• n. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
• n. Reflection; thought; posit.
• v. To conjecture, to opine or to posit with contestable premises.

think

• v. (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's head.
• v. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
• v. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
• v. (transitive) To be of the opinion (that).
• v. (transitive) To guess; to reckon.
• v. (transitive) To consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
• v. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
• v. To presume; to venture.
• n. (chiefly Britain) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
• v. (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.

underestimate

• v. (transitive) To perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what…
• n. An estimate or perception that is too low.

venture

• n. A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
• n. An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen; an accident; chance; contingency.
• n. The thing risked; a stake; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
• v. (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
• v. (transitive) To risk or offer.
• v. (intransitive) to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on.
• v. (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
• v. (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
• v. (transitive) To say something.

view

• n. (physical) Visual perception.
• n. A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
• n. (psychological) Opinion, judgement, imagination.
• n. (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational…
• n. (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted…
• n. A wake.
• v. (transitive) To look at.
• v. (transitive) To regard in a stated way.

work

• n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
• n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
• n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
• n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
• n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
• n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
• v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
• v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
• v. (transitive) To set into action.
• v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
• v. (intransitive) To ferment.
• v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
• v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
• v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
• v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
• v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
• v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
• v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
• v. (transitive) To cause to work.
• v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
• v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
• v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
• v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.