Synonyms for in the ball park
| Grammar : Adj, adv, prep |
| Spell : bawl-pahrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔlˌpɑrk |
Top 10 synonyms for in the ball park Other synonyms for the word in the ball park
- across the street
- around
- around the corner
- at hand
- contiguous
- give or take a little
- handy
- hard by
- immediate
- imminent
- impending
- in general
- in spitting distance
- in the ball park
- in the neighborhood
- more or less
- near-at-hand
- nearest
- nearly
- neighboring
- next
- nigh
- pretty near
- pretty nearly
- proximate
- somewhere around
- under one's nose
Définition of in the ball park
Origin :- "baseball stadium," 1899, from (base)ball + park (n.). Figurative sense of "acceptable range of approximation" first recorded 1954, originally in the jargon of atomic weapons scientists, perhaps originally referring to area within which a missile was expected to return to earth; the reference is to broad but reasonably predictable dimensions.
- The result, according to the author's estimate, is a stockpile equivalent to one billion tons of TNT. Assuming this estimate is "in the ball park," clearly there is valid reason for urging candor on the part of our government. [Ralph E. Lapp, "Atomic Candor," in "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists," October 1954]
- As in close : adj near, nearby
- As in roughly : adv about
- As in about : prep near an amount, quantity
Antonyms for in the ball park
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