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 The agency also noted that more than 500,000 children were estimated to be living in neighborhoods under gang control in 2024. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 Over a billion dollars is estimated for security, but the feds will likely help out. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 May 2026 Padilla estimated that the tree was at least 100 feet tall and weighed more than 2,000 pounds. —

Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026 Massive Ward Parkway mansion A nearly 10,000-square-foot modern mansion estimated at more than $7 million is rising at 6315 Ward Parkway in Kansas City’s historic Meyer Circle neighborhood. —

Ian Cummings, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026 Million-dollar earners stopped paying into Social Security for 2026 in early March, the Center for Economic and Policy Research estimated. —

Sarah Agostino,greg Iacurci,kelli Grant, Cfp®, CNBC, 20 May 2026 The report also estimated large increases in water use. —

James Broughel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Held in the Adele and Enrico Donati collection for the last 70 years and estimated in excess of $40 million, the painting was positioned by Sotheby’s as the most important Cubist work to appear at auction in years. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 20 May 2026 Dulgeroff estimated that closing the La Jolla Rec Center would result in a budget reduction of $231,975. —

Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026

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One of the regional officials said strikes by Saudi Arabia targeted hideouts of Iraqi militias, mainly Kataib Hezbollah, after Riyadh assessed that most of the drone attacks on Saudi Arabia came from neighboring Iraq.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
One of those regional officials said the strikes by Saudi Arabia targeted hideouts of Iraqi militias, mainly Kataib Hezbollah, after Riyadh assessed that most of the drone attacks on Saudi Arabia came from neighboring Iraq.

— Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026