guesstimate

English

Alternative forms

• guestimate

Etymology

Blend of guess and estimate

Pronunciation

• (noun) GUESS-tim-it
• (verb) guess-tim-EIT

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.

Translations

estimate based on insufficient or unreliable data

• Finnish: arvaus (fi), karkea (fi) arvaus

• Portuguese: chutar (pt)

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.

Anagrams

• guestimates