Overestimate Synonyms and Antonyms

ōvər-ĕstə-māt
A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. overestimation
  2. overvaluation
  3. overrating
  4. overreckoning
  5. overappraisal
Make too high an estimate of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. overvalue
  2. overrate
  3. overprice
Antonyms:
  1. underestimate
  2. undervalue

Words Related to Overestimate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. exaggerate
  2. exceed
  3. over-estimate
  4. overstate
  5. under-estimate
  6. under-estimated
  7. under-estimating

Overestimate Sentence Examples

  • People overestimate how much food they need.

  • We can hardly overestimate the influence which Rufinus exerted on Western theologians by thus putting the great Greek fathers into the Latin tongue.

  • When making plans for wedding cupcakes, it's best to overestimate.

  • It is impossible to overestimate the value of Sir John Simon's work, or the importance of his influence in the furtherance of the public health and the prevention of disease, and in inculcating right methods of medical government.

  • But on the modern theory, which includes the play of electrical phenomena as a function of the aether, there are other considerations which show that this number io 2 is really an enormous overestimate; and it is not impossible that the co-efficient of ultimate inertia of the aether is greater than the co-efficient of inertia (of different kind) of any existing material substance.

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