overestimate

overestimate is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To estimate too highly; to overvalue. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To estimate too highly; to overvalue.
2. noun. An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.
3. noun. a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high

   Synonyms: overestimation, overrating, overreckoning

4. noun. an appraisal that is too high

   Synonyms: overappraisal, overestimation, overvaluation

5. verb. make too high an estimate of

   "He overestimated his own powers"

   Synonyms: overrate

6. verb. assign too high a value to

   "You are overestimating the value of your old car"

   Synonyms: overvalue

Synonyms

overestimation, overrating, overreckoning, overappraisal, overvaluation, overrate, overvalue

Common word forms

overestimated, overestimates, overestimating

Words from these letters

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