Guess
Guess noun - An opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence.
Proposition and guess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proposition" instead a noun "Guess".
Proposition
Proposition noun - An idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation.
Usage example: started the discussion with the simple proposition that no one ever does anything out of pure altruism
Guess and proposition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guess" instead a noun "Proposition".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| good | good guess | good proposition |
| original | original guess | original proposition |
| hard | hard guess | hard proposition |
| easy | easy guess | easy proposition |
| Other adjectives: above. | ||
Common collocations
| times | guess times | proposition times |
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, in Ultima VI: The False Prophet there are two prostitutes (one of each gender) posing as gypsies that you can proposition if you guess their true profession.
Source: Optional Sexual Encounter - Count Khorda (for such is his name) makes them a proposition: 'Would you like to trade a lifetime of petty passions for an eternity of ecstasy,' They would, I guess.
Source: Roger Ebert Most Hated Film List
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