outguesses

Reads minds successfully

Outguesses is the third-person singular of outguess, meaning to anticipate or predict someone's actions or thoughts better than they can predict yours.

It implies staying one step ahead: She consistently outguesses the market.

The word suggests a contest of wits where one party proves shrewder than the other.

competition

outsmart

Defeat through superior cunning

outplay · beats · defeats · bests · trumps · one-ups · surpasses · overcomes · prevails · triumphs

strategy

bluff

Calculated false front

misdirection · deception · tactics · chess · poker · calculation · analysis · moves · counter · strategy

prediction

anticipates

Expects before it happens

reads · intuits · divines · projects · envisions · extrapolates · calculates · estimates · gauges · surmises

Opposites
predictive success

outguessesmisreads

Interprets text incorrectly

misjudges · miscalculates · underestimates · overestimates · misses the mark

proactive vs. reactive

outguessesreacts

Answers to stimulus

responds · follows · trails · chases · adapts

strategic dominance

outguessesfalls for

Becomes deceived by

Family

outguess, outguessed, outguessing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G