SECOND-GUESS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

second-guess

verb

Definition of second-guess

as in to outguess

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as in to speculate (about)

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Recent Examples of second-guess So, instead of scrambling to compare quotes or second-guess repair recommendations, homeowners have a more predictable process when something breaks. — Kathy Collins, Fortune, 6 June 2026 The Republican administration argued that judges cannot second-guess immigration officials’ decisions about protections that were intended to be temporary. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 The Supreme Court justices agreed, in an unsigned opinion, that federal courts should not second-guess state courts under a 1996 federal law that was intended to reduce federal court oversight of state criminal trials. — CBS News, 22 June 2026 Naim Maadad, founder and CEO of Gates Hospitality, which includes resort and restaurant brands like Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman and Ultra Brasserie in Dubai, said travel warnings have prompted travelers to second-guess the situation. — Melanie Swan, CNN Money, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for second-guess

Recent Examples of Synonyms for second-guess

Verb

No one knows for sure, and older investors are often better served by accepting that uncertainty rather than trying to outguess it.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
With the right guardrails in place, investors don't have to outguess the market.

— Chris Stevens, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025

Definition of outguess

Verb

Cisco has built and is refining an AI tool for investor relations that analyzes its financial history alongside competitors’ earnings calls and can anticipate likely questions from specific analysts.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 July 2026
In the new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers analyzed electronic health records from 2001 to 2023 for more than 700,000 pairs of mothers and children in Hong Kong.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026

Definition of analyze

Verb

For more than 100 years, people have tried to sequester it and tame it and outsmart it, and for more than 100 years the Mississippi has found its own way.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
The world’s leading superpower was outsmarted by Iran, perhaps because Iran’s secretary of defense took his job seriously.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026

Definition of outsmart

Verb

With no energy available to warm the planet to these temperatures, the team reasoned that the temperature must be a residual effect of prior warming either from being engulfed by the red giant or during an inward migration.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2026
The second is reasoning intelligence, the layer that looks at a task, breaks it into steps and figures out how to do it, including things like making a judgement call on whether an object will be heavy or light.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of reason

Verb

In the end, Seattle outmaneuvered and outbodied the Sparks, snatching steals and flipping the ball around the perimeter until the Storm fired off a shot.

— Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
May built one of the most dominant teams in Big Ten history by outmaneuvering his peers in the transfer portal.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of outmaneuver

Verb

One ring found Thursday was engraved with characters believed to be Bhrami script, an ancient Indian writing system.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
In the Darnytskyi district, several multistory buildings were damaged and people were believed to be buried in the rubble.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026