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Definitions for Guess

[1] to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
[2] to estimate or conjecture about correctly: to guess what a word means.
[3] to think, believe, or suppose: I guess I can get there in time.
[4] to form an estimate or conjecture (often followed by at or about ): We guessed at the weight of the package.
[5] to estimate or conjecture correctly.
[6] an opinion that one reaches or to which one commits oneself on the basis of probability alone or in the absence of any evidence whatever.
[7] the act of forming such an opinion: to take a guess at someone's weight.
[8] by guess and by gosh , Northern U.S. using a combination of guesswork and reliance on luck; hit or miss. Also by guess and by golly.
[9] (when intr, often foll by at or about ) to form or express an uncertain estimate or conclusion (about something), based on insufficient information guess what we're having for dinner
[10] to arrive at a correct estimate of (something) by guessing he guessed my age
[11] informal , mainly US and Canadian to believe, think, or suppose (something) I guess I'll go now
[12] keep a person guessing to let a person remain in a state of uncertainty
[13] an estimate or conclusion arrived at by guessing a bad guess
[14] the act of guessing
[15] anyone's guess something difficult to predict

Words related to Guess

presumption, conjecture, inference, hunch, prediction, supposition, theory, assumption, hypothesis, opinion, guesswork, feeling, judgment, conclusion, speculate, divine, calculate, predict, suggest, pretend

Words nearby Guess

guerrilla, guerrilla theater, guerrilla warfare, guesclin, guesde, guess, guess again, guesstimate, guesswork, guest, guest beer

Origin of Guess

1300–50; (v.) Middle English gessen, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian gissa, Middle Low German gissen, Middle Dutch gessen, Old Norse geta; (noun) Middle English gesse, derivative of the v. See get

Words that may be confused with Guess

guessed, guest

Other words from Guess

guess·a·ble , adjective
guess·er , noun
guess·ing·ly , adverb
pre·guess , noun, verb
un·guess·a·ble , adjective
un·guessed , adjective

Word origin for Guess

C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Swedish gissa, Old Danish gitse, Middle Dutch gissen; see get

Synonyms for Guess

assumption, conclusion, conjecture, feeling, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, inference, judgment, opinion, prediction, presumption, supposition, theory, deduction, divination, estimate, fancy, guesstimate, induction, notion, postulate, postulation, presupposition, reckoning, shot, stab, supposal, surmisal, surmise, suspicion, thesis, view, ballpark figure, shot in the dark, sneaking suspicion