Synonyms and antonyms of To guess in British Thesaurus

guess (verb)

to say or decide what you think is true, without being certain about it

estimate (verb)

to say what you think an amount or value will be, either by guessing or by using available information to calculate it

gauge (verb)

to make a judgment or guess about a situation, action, or person based on the information that you have

hazard (verb)

to make a guess or suggestion about something when you are not sure if it is true

surmise (verb)

formal to guess that something is true, when you do not have enough information to prove that it is true

judge (verb)

to form an opinion about an amount, distance, size etc by guessing

overestimate (verb)

to make a mistake by guessing an amount, number etc that is too high

underestimate (verb)

to think or guess that something is smaller, less important etc than it really is

read between the lines ()

to guess something that is not expressed directly

put two and two together ()

to guess what is happening or what something means as a result of what you have seen or heard

age (verb)

British to calculate or guess the age of something

anticipate (verb)

to guess that something will happen, and be ready to deal with it

be miles out ()

to make a guess or calculation that is completely wrong

call (verb)

to say that something is a particular amount, although this is not the exact amount

divine (verb)

formal to guess something from what you already know

guess (verb)

to be correct about something that you guess

pluck something out of/from the air ()

to say the first number, date, fact etc that you think of without knowing whether it is correct

second-guess (verb)

to guess what someone is going to do or what will happen