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evaluate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of evaluate

to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding

  • a trained assistant to evaluate the needs of the patients waiting to see the doctor
Synonyms of evaluate

appraise, assess, estimate, guesstimate, rate, set, valuate, value
Words Related to evaluate

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

Synonym Discussion of evaluate

estimate, appraise, evaluate, value, rate, assess mean to judge something with respect to its worth or significance. estimate implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place of actual measuring or counting or testing out.
    • estimated the crowd at two hundred
appraise commonly implies the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing, but it may be used of any critical judgment.
    • having their house appraised
evaluate suggests an attempt to determine relative or intrinsic worth in terms other than monetary.
    • evaluate a student's work
value equals appraise but without implying expertness of judgment.
    • a watercolor valued by the donor at $500
rate adds to estimate the notion of placing a thing according to a scale of values.
    • a highly rated restaurant
assess implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action.
    • officials are trying to assess the damage

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