Unscramble guessing

Definition of guessing

noun:

• an estimate based on little or no information. Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guesswork, shot.

verb:

• 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". Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think.
• 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". Synonyms: guess, hazard, pretend, venture.
• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds". Synonyms: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge.
• guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize". Synonyms: guess, infer.

Related words

anticipate, assess, call, count, forebode, foretell, give, guesstimate, lowball, make, misgauge, place, predict, prognosticate, promise, put, quantise, quantize, reckon, set, surmise, suspect, tell, truncate, underestimate.

Rhymes with

blessing, caressing, coalescing, compressing, depressing, distressing, dressing, lessing, pressing, professing, repressing.