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overestimation
| Concept: | Overestimation. |
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-nouns
overestimation; exaggeration; vanity; optimism, pessimism, pessimist., much cry and little wool, much ado about nothing; storm in a teacup; fine talking.
-verbs
overestimate, overrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon, overstrain, overpraise; eulogize; estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain, magnify; exaggerate; set too high a value upon; think much of, make much of, think too much of, make too much of; outreckon; panegyrize., extol, extol to the skies; make the most of, make the best of, make the worst of; make two bites of a cherry., have too high an opinion of oneself (vanity).
-adjectives
overestimated; oversensitive (sensibility).
-phrases
all his geese are swans; parturiunt montes.
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| Antonyms: | underestimation |
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| Main Entry: | mistake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error, misunderstanding |
| Synonyms: | aberration, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bungle, confusion, delusion, erratum, false move, false step, fault, faux pas, flub, fluff, gaffe, illusion, inaccuracy, inadvertence, lapse, misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misprint, misstatement, misstep, muddle, neglect, omission, overestimation, oversight, slight, slip, slip of tongue, slipup, snafu, solecism, trip*, typographical error, underestimation |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, calculation, certainty, correction, correctness, proof, success, truth, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miscalculation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misestimate |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimation, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreckoning, miss, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misestimate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscalculation |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimation, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreckoning, miss*, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misestimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscalculation |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimate, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreckoning, miss*, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misjudgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscalculation |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimate, misestimation, misinterpretation, misreckoning, miss*, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misreckoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscalculation |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimate, misestimation, misinterpretation, misjudgment, miss*, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tall talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggeration |
| Synonyms: | aggrandizement, amplification, baloney, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figure of speech, fish story, flight of fancy, hogwash, hyperbole, hyperbolism, inflation, jazz, line*, magnification, misjudgment, misrepresentation, overemphasis, overestimation, overstatement, pretension, pretentiousness, rant, romance, stretch, tall story, untruth, whopper, yarn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | exaggeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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bombastic, egregious, exaggerated, extravagant, fabulous, high, on stilts, overwrought, preposterous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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