Synonyms for estimate
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : verb es-tuh-meyt; noun es-tuh-mit, -meyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɛs təˌmeɪt; noun ˈɛs tə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for estimate Other synonyms for the word estimate
- account
- appraisement
- assay
- ballpark figure
- belief
- budget
- calculate roughly
- cast
- cipher
- class
- compute
- conjecture
- deduce
- determine
- enumerate
- estimation
- evaluate
- evaluation
- examine
- expect
- figure
- form opinion
- gauge
- gauging
- guess
- guesstimate
- impression
- judge
- judgment
- look into
- look upon
- measure
- measurement
- mensuration
- number
- opinion
- outline
- plan
- point of view
- predict
- projection
- prophesy
- rank
- rate
- rating
- reason
- reckon
- reckoning
- regard
- run over
- scheme
- set a figure
- size up
- sizing up
- stock
- sum
- suppose
- surmise
- survey
- suspect
- tax
- think
- think through
- thought
- valuation
Définition of estimate
Origin :- 1560s, "valuation," from Latin aestimatus, verbal noun from aestimare (see esteem). Earlier in sense "power of the mind" (mid-15c.). Meaning "approximate judgment" is from 1580s. As a builder's statement of projected costs, from 1796.
- noun approximate calculation; educated guess
- verb guess, try to value
- He looked above to estimate the ground he could cover on the morrow.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Now this, it seems to me, is my point of departure for the estimate of my possible resources.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Lessing is obsessed with too high an estimate of the Captivi.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- She could not feel that she had been wrong in her estimate of John Gilman.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Had she grown so accustomed to her aunt Judith's estimate of Mabel that she could accept it?
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- For one thing, he must be able to estimate distance with some degree of accuracy.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- There was nothing of the Warden's estimate in these eyes; nothing of cruelty nor deceit nor greed.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- He is a soldier, and knows how to estimate the chances of the woods.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- I grieve to say that you were right in your estimate of his character.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Her first estimate of the characters of the two men seemed to be correct.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
Antonyms for estimate
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