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overestimation

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Definition of overestimation word

  • noun overestimation An excessive estimation. 1
Just one definition for overestimation

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Parts of speech for Overestimation

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Overestimation

overestimation popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for overestimation

noun overestimation

  • embellishment — A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
  • overstatement — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
  • excess — An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.
  • fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
All 93 Synonyms of overestimation

Antonyms for overestimation

noun overestimation

  • truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
  • compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
  • decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • lessening — to become less.
  • shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
All 22 Antonyms of overestimation

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