blind guess
Uninformed wild attempt
A blind guess is an attempt to answer or predict something with no information to guide you—pure speculation without evidence or reasoning.
The blindness suggests you might as well have your eyes closed: It was a blind guess, but I happened to be right.
Distinguished from an educated guess, which draws on available knowledge.
- stabPierce with point
- stab in the darkGuess without basis
- shot in the darkAttempt lacking any basis
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
random · random chance · shot · dark · intuition · gamble · long shot · luck · wild · estimate · conjecture · speculation · dart · fumble · grope · uncertain · risk · chance
- guessesconjecture, supposition, speculation, surmise, guesswork
- guessingprediction, hypothesis, conjecture, speculation, hunch
- Decision-Makingchoice, poor judgment, sound judgment, informed decision, hasty decision
evidential basis
blind guesseducated guess
Reasoned speculation from facts
informed guess · expert opinion · informed decision · deduction · inference
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