- outguessing
- v. predict the actions or plans of; outwit, excel in intelligence
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
outguessing
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circumvention — Synonyms and related words: avoidance, avoiding reaction, bamboozlement, befooling, bluffing, buck passing, calculated deception, conning, deceiving, deception, deceptiveness, defense mechanism, defrauding, delusion, delusiveness, dodge, duck,… … Moby Thesaurus
elusion — Synonyms and related words: avoidance, avoiding reaction, buck passing, circumvention, defense mechanism, dodge, duck, elusiveness, equivocation, escape, eschewal, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, foiling, forbearance, forestalling,… … Moby Thesaurus
evasion — Synonyms and related words: abstention, airtight secrecy, anythingarianism, artifice, avoidance, avoiding reaction, bickering, boggling, break, breakout, buck passing, captiousness, caviling, chicane, chicanery, circumvention, close secrecy,… … Moby Thesaurus
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runaround — Synonyms and related words: avoidance, avoiding reaction, buck passing, circumvention, defense mechanism, dodge, duck, elusion, elusiveness, equivocation, escape, eschewal, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, foiling, forbearance, forestalling … Moby Thesaurus
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outguess — [[t]a͟ʊtge̱s[/t]] outguesses, outguessing, outguessed VERB If you outguess someone, you try to predict what they are going to do in order to gain some advantage. [V n] Only by being him can you hope to out guess him... [V n] A very good investor… … English dictionary
outguess — /aʊtˈgɛs/ (say owt ges) verb (t) 1. to outwit or defeat in guessing: he only beat her in the quiz by outguessing her. 2. to gain an advantage over by anticipating the thoughts or actions of …
