estimate

1 the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something what we owe our war veterans is beyond estimate Synonyms of estimate appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimation, evaluation, reckoning, valuation Words Related to estimate calculation, computation, measurement, mensuration; audit, check, checkup, examination, inspection, review, scan, scrutiny, survey; reassessment, transvaluation; overestimation, overevaluation; underestimation

2 an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something the estimate of many art specialists that the painting is a fake Synonyms of estimate appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimation, evaluation, fix, judgment (or judgement), value judgmentWords Related to estimate aperçu, feeling, impression, notion, perception; confidence, faith, stock, trust; belief, conviction, mind, persuasion, sentiment, view; conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, surmise, theory

1 to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding experts estimated the value of the painting at a million dollars Synonyms of estimate appraise, assess, evaluate, guesstimate, rate, set, valuate, value Words Related to estimate adjudge, deem, judge; ascertain, determine, discover, learn; price, prize; decide, settle; analyze, assay, survey, test; reappraise, reassess, reevaluate, rejudge, revalue; transvaluate, transvalue; misesteem, misjudge, misprize, underestimate, undervalue

2 to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement we estimated the snowfall to be about a foot Synonyms of estimate calculate, call, conjecture, figure, gauge (also gage), guess, judge, make, place, put, reckon, suppose Words Related to estimate conclude, deduce, extrapolate, gather, infer, reason, understand Near Antonyms of estimate calibrate, measure, scale; compute, work out