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Synonyms for guesswork
ˈgɛsˌwɜrkguess·work
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Princeton's WordNet
guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoningnoun
an estimate based on little or no information
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, conjecture, surmise, gibe, shaft, slam, crack, pellet, shooter, shooting, supposition, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, surmisal, snapshot, hypothesis, speculation, shot, jibe
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guessworknoun
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conjecture
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List of paraphrases for "guesswork":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1967 | shot | |
#2712 | scene | |
#2773 | guess | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4589 | shooting | |
#5586 | stroke | |
#5791 | injection | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7788 | dig | |
#7824 | snapshot | |
#8524 | shaft | |
#8627 | hypothesis | |
#11841 | slam | |
#12329 | shooter | |
#14041 | speculation | |
#16286 | barb | |
#16902 | guessing | |
#19711 | stab | |
#22736 | conjecture | |
#26967 | pellet | |
#44692 | guesswork | |
#48037 | supposition | |
#66872 | surmise | |
#85364 | jibe | |
#213898 | gibe | |
#265303 | blastoff |
How to use guesswork in a sentence?
With an existing business, it is not just guesswork – there is historical data, ongoing customers, employees in place, the necessary equipment and inventory (where applicable) to operate the business.
They can’t tell how much I use my own hardware, am I a casual user, or writing a lot on a computer? It then requires some guesswork there.
Amazon Chief Economist Pat Bajari:
What I've seen change in the industry, starting about eight years ago, is firms got more serious about using the scientific method and removing chunks of guesswork within companies, you're basically trying to clean up waste.
If we can predict and at least give some sort of indication of what the future holds, then these island countries can begin to develop some response strategies based on science rather than just guesswork. We think that would be very helpful.
Body readiness is clever because over-exercising can be a problem and lead to injuries down the road -- and under-exercising leads to being out of shape, this provides proof to the user what their body is ready for or what it needs, taking the guesswork out of how a user is thinking about how their body is doing. It uses the user's own data to come up with a score instead of comparing to some vague and sometimes inaccurate set of information.
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