Figure
Figure verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.
Usage example: let's figure the juice in the pan to be about a cup and just add it to the mix
Guess is a synonym for figure in calculate topic. In some cases you can use "Guess" instead a verb "Figure", when it comes to topics like suppose.
Guess
Guess verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.
Usage example: I would guess the road goes for about two miles before you have to take a left
Figure is a synonym for guess (North American) in calculate topic. You can use "Figure" instead a verb "Guess".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good figure | good guess |
| original | original figure | original guess |
| reasonable | reasonable figure | reasonable guess |
| popular | popular figure | popular guess |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, little. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A similar case applies to the connection between Calcifer and Howl; he's unable to reveal what it is, but Sophie's allowed to guess or figure it out on her own.
Source: Tongue-Tied - However, the box of his vinyl figure lists him as "Doctor Whooves" - how they got that around the trademarks is anyone's guess.
- When the pressure was on in XLIV, guess what kind of plays the Saints could safely figure the Colts would not be running?
Source: Every Year They Fizzle Out
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Guess and Figure. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/guess
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