Antonyms for estimate
ˈɛs təˌmeɪt; -mɪt, -ˌmeɪtes·ti·mate

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1. estimatenoun

   Synonyms:
   estimation, appraise, guess

2. estimatenoun

   To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.

   Synonyms:
   estimation, appraise, guess

3. estimatenoun

   A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably cost.

   Synonyms:
   estimation

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. estimate

   Number is the generic term. To count is to number one by one. To calculate is to use more complicated processes, as multiplication, division, etc., more rapid but not less exact. Compute allows more of the element of probability, which is still more strongly expressed by estimate. We compute the slain in a great war from the number known to have fallen in certain great battles; compute refers to the present or the past, estimate more frequently to the future; as, to estimate the cost of a proposed building. To enumerate is to mention item by item; as, to enumerate one's grievances. To rate is to estimate by comparison, as if the object were one of a series. We count upon a desired future; we do not count upon the undesired. As applied to the present, we reckon or count a thing precious or worthless. Compare ESTEEM.

   Synonyms:
   account, calculate, cast, compute, consider, count, deem, enumerate, number, rate, reckon, sum up

   Preposition:
   It is vain to calculate on or upon an uncertain result.

Matched Categories

1. • Judgment
   • Statement

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. estimate, estimation, approximation, ideanoun

   an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

   "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

   Synonyms:
   theme, idea, appraisal, musical theme, approximation, bringing close together, estimation, melodic theme, mind, thought

2. estimate, estimationnoun

   a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody

   "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent"

   Synonyms:
   approximation, estimation, idea, appraisal

3. appraisal, estimate, estimationnoun

   a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

   Synonyms:
   approximation, appraisal, estimation, idea, assessment

4. estimatenoun

   a statement indicating the likely cost of some job

   "he got an estimate from the car repair shop"

   Synonyms:
   approximation, estimation, idea, appraisal

5. estimate, estimationverb

   the respect with which a person is held

   "they had a high estimation of his ability"

   Synonyms:
   approximation, estimation, idea, appraisal

6. estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judgeverb

   judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

   "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, guess, pass judgment, infer, opine, gauge, figure, reckon, suppose, try, venture, judge, pronounce, hazard, imagine, label, evaluate, come close, approximate, think, calculate, forecast, count on, adjudicate

7. calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecastverb

   judge to be probable

   Synonyms:
   fancy, predict, augur, figure, foreshadow, bet, suppose, look, reckon, work out, view, omen, foretell, consider, auspicate, visualize, gauge, betoken, see, guess, project, picture, compute, depend, think, calculate, approximate, opine, envision, aim, imagine, direct, bode, count, image, prefigure, judge, presage, regard, prognosticate, enter, visualise, cypher, portend, forecast, cipher, account, count on

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. estimateverb

   Synonyms:
   appraise, value, rate, prize, compute, calculate, reckon

How to use estimate in a sentence?

1. Xu Shaoshi:

   First, we estimate the slow recovery and low growth rates in the world's economy will continue for a period of time, also we could not overlook the risks from unstable (global) financial markets, falling prices of commodities and risks of geopolitics.

2. Mark Rosekind:

   It is important to note that this number is an estimate and will be refined, we know that there are almost certainly vehicles that are counted twice.

3. Zhong Nanshan:

   It is very difficult to definitely estimate when the outbreak reaches its peak. But I think in one week or about 10 days, it will reach the climax and then there will be no large-scale increases.

4. Greg Schmidt:

   My father had been assigned the problem of navigating to the Moon and, as he told it to me, it was a very difficult problem, they didn't have a mathematical solution to it. It involved taking a number of different sources of information and combining them in an optimal way to get the best estimate of where your spacecraft is at any time, how fast you're going and other variables, too.

5. Robert Redfield:

   A good rough estimate now is 10 to 1.

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