guesstimate

English

Alternative forms

• guestimate

Etymology

Blend of guess +‎ estimate.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛs.tə.mət/, [ˈɡɛs.tɪ̈.mɪ̈ʔ(t̚)]

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Verb

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛs.təˌmeɪt/, [ˈɡɛs.tɪ̈ˌmeɪ̯ʔ(t̚)]

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

guesstimate (plural guesstimates)

1. (informal) An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.

   Hyponym: SWAG

   Near-synonym: educated guess

   I'm not sure how many people were at the festival. My best guesstimate is 50,000.

Related terms

• guesswork

Translations

estimate based on insufficient or unreliable data

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粗略估計／粗略估计 (cūlüè gūjì)

• Finnish: arvaus (fi), karkea arvaus
• French: au doigt mouillé (fr), au pif (fr), à vue de nez (fr)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: olhómetro (Portugal), olhômetro (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: conjetura (es) f, guestimación m, chute (es) m

Verb

guesstimate (third-person singular simple present guesstimates, present participle guesstimating, simple past and past participle guesstimated)

1. (intransitive) To make a guesstimate.
2. (transitive) To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity.

Translations

To make a guesstimate

To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity

Anagrams

• guestimates