ESTIMATED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

estimated

verb

past tense of estimate

as in assessed

to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding experts estimated the value of the painting at a million dollars

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as in calculated

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement we estimated the snowfall to be about a foot

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Recent Examples of estimated Officials have estimated 500,000 to 700,000 people will come to Pittsburgh for the draft. —

John Shumway, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 Counsell estimated Thornton, 32, is about a week away from getting into Triple-A games. —

Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 Yet it is estimated that 90 percent of images identified as Retiarii do not depict a net. —

Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026 Snap said that its restructuring efforts are estimated to cost between $95 million and $130 million because of severance, contract termination expenses and other charges. —

Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026 It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year. —

Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026 All economic figures are estimated by Keystone Strategy, a consultancy hired by Amazon. —

Rey Covarrubias Jr, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 By late March, the UAE and Kuwait had spent roughly 75% of their Patriot missile interceptor stocks, while Bahrain was estimated to have depleted as much as 87%, according to the Jewish Institute for National Security of America. —

Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026 Boston Consulting Group has estimated that the United States is on track to produce 28 percent of the world’s advanced semiconductors by 2032. —

Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025

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In the first phase, CAPE will accept refund applications for unliquidated tariffs—meaning tariffs that have been assessed but not yet finalized by CBP—and for tariffs finalized by CBP within the past 80 days.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
Ball ended up being fined $60,000 for his actions during the game ($35,000 for the foul, $25,000 for postgame profanity on TV) and assessed a flagrant foul.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026