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valuation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of valuation

1 the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something

  • my valuation of your musical talent has nothing to do with our friendship
Synonyms of valuation

appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, reckoning
Words Related to valuation

calculation, computation, measurement, mensuration

audit, check, checkup, examination, inspection, review, scan, scrutiny, survey

reassessment, transvaluation

overestimation, overevaluation

underestimation

2 the amount of money for which something will find a buyer

  • the final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn
Synonyms of valuation

value, worth
Words Related to valuation

charge, cost, fee, figure, price, rate

appraisal, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation

face value, list price, unit price

3 the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities

  • the low valuation that society places on knowledge for the sake of knowledge
Synonyms of valuation

account, merit, value, worth
Words Related to valuation

assessment, estimation, evaluation

excellence, greatness, perfection

consequence, importance, significance, weight

desirability
Near Antonyms of valuation

emptiness, valuelessness, worthlessness

baseness, cheapness, crumminess, inferiority, lousiness, meanness, paltriness, pettiness, poorness

deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, unacceptability

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