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. Kevin Walsh:

   I estimate I made it 9,000 feet... I stayed at about 6,000 feet, and when I got down to 3,000 I disengaged and parachuted away.

2. American Brigadier General Thomas Stafford:

   We estimate over a billion to a billion and a half people around the world saw me shake hands with Alexey and said look if people like this can work together we can work together on a lot of things.

3. Gabriel Zelpo:

   We estimate that a good arrangement with the IMF should be of about that size, investors are waiting to see how intense the fiscal reduction requirement will be and, most important, what the size of the credit package will be.

4. Brent Sohngen:

   Our estimate is about a fifth of what was found in previous work showing that deforestation has contributed 484 billion tons of carbon - a third of all manmade emissions - since 1900.

5. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar:

   Our latest estimate today is that India has 70 % of the world's tiger population and we have now 2,226 tigers presently in 47 tiger reserves [ up from 1,706 in 2011 ] and this is a great achievement. It is a net increase of 30 % over the last estimation.

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