Synonyms for wild guess
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A guess that is not based on any evidence, knowledge, or experience.
The student had no idea how to solve the math problem, so he took a wild guess among the choices given.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- guess
Example sentences
- speculation He sometimes indulges himself in idle speculation.
- conjecture In any case, you are wrong in your conjecture.
- hunch Tom had a hunch that Mary was seeing someone else.
- surmise "What do you think of my theory?" "It is all surmise."
By length
- 5 letters
- guess1, hunch1
- 7 letters
- surmise2
- 10 letters
- conjecture3
- 11 letters
- speculation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (surmise2 = 2 syllables).