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guestimate

guestimate is the alternative spelling of guesstimate.

Meaning of guesstimate

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.
    • Near-synonym: educated guess
    Synonyms:
    educated guess

See all 3 meanings of guesstimate

Forms of guestimate

Noun
pluralguestimates
Verb
third-person singular presentguestimates
present participleguestimating
past participleguestimated
pastguestimated

Origin of guestimate

Blend of guess + estimate.

Questions about guestimate

What is guestimate the alternative spelling of?
Guestimate is the alternative spelling of guesstimate.

Words near guestimate in the dictionary

  1. guestfriendship
  2. guestfriendships
  3. guesthood
  4. guesthouse
  5. guesthouses
  6. guestimate
  7. guestimated
  8. guestimates
  9. guestimating
  10. guestimation
  11. guestimations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: guestimate (page history and authors); guesstimate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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