How do you use Guesstimate in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like estimate or guestimate, plus the exact meaning.
Guesstimate meaning
An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
Synonyms of Guesstimate
Using Guesstimate
- The main meaning on this page is: An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
- Useful related words include: estimate, guestimate, estimation, approximation.
Context around Guesstimate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Guesstimate
- In this selection, "guesstimate" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include for a guesstimate on the and on a guesstimate of around. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "guesstimate" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with guesstimate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He said on CBS' “Face the Nation” that his “guesstimate” is that $100 billion will be needed. (17 words)
But it doesn’t matter as they quickly move on to contemplating how much his yacht is worth, settling on a guesstimate of around €20 million. (26 words)
Borough President Donovan Richards then asked for a “guesstimate” on the number of illicit shops that have been the scourge of neighborhoods across the Big Apple and a thorn in the side of the budding legal cannabis market. (38 words)
Borough President Donovan Richards then asked for a “guesstimate” on the number of illicit shops that have been the scourge of neighborhoods across the Big Apple and a thorn in the side of the budding legal cannabis market. (38 words)
But it doesn’t matter as they quickly move on to contemplating how much his yacht is worth, settling on a guesstimate of around €20 million. (26 words)
He said on CBS' “Face the Nation” that his “guesstimate” is that $100 billion will be needed. (17 words)
Example sentences (3)
Borough President Donovan Richards then asked for a “guesstimate” on the number of illicit shops that have been the scourge of neighborhoods across the Big Apple and a thorn in the side of the budding legal cannabis market.
He said on CBS' “Face the Nation” that his “guesstimate” is that $100 billion will be needed.
But it doesn’t matter as they quickly move on to contemplating how much his yacht is worth, settling on a guesstimate of around €20 million.