Meanings
plural guesstimates · alternative guestimate
- informalAn estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
Near-synonym: educated guess
1 more example
I'm not sure how many people were at the festival. My best guesstimate is 50,000.
Synonyms: educated guess
present singular third person guesstimates · participle present guesstimating · participle past guesstimated · past guesstimated · alternative guestimate
- intransitiveTo make a guesstimate.
- transitiveTo make a guesstimate of a specific quantity.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan estimate that combines reasoning with guessing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 粗略估計 /粗略估计
- 粗略估計 /粗略估计 (cūlüè gūjì)estimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
Finnish arvaus, karkea arvaus
- arvausestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
- karkea arvausestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
French au doigt mouillé, au pif
- au doigt mouilléestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
- au pifestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
- à vue de nezestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
Polish wstępna kalkulacja, wstępne oszacowanie
- wstępna kalkulacjaestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
- wstępne oszacowanieestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
- wstępnie szacowaćto make a guesstimate
- wstępnie oszacowaćto make a guesstimate
- wstępnie szacowaćto make a guesstimate of a specific quantity
- wstępnie oszacowaćto make a guesstimate of a specific quantity
Portuguese olhómetro, olhômetro
- olhómetroestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
- olhômetroestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
Spanish conjetura, guestimación
- conjeturaestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
- guestimaciónestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
- tanteoestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
- chuteestimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
Cite this entry
guesstimate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guesstimate
“guesstimate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guesstimate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guesstimate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guesstimate.
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