Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of overestimating.
Opposite
nounAn overestimate.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
nounan appraisal that is too high
Broader
nouna calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishestimation
- Englishoverestimation
From over- + estimation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch overschatting
- overschattingTranslations
Finnish yliarviointi, yliarvio
- yliarviointiTranslations
- yliarvioTranslations
French surestimation, survalorisation
- surestimationTranslations
- survalorisationTranslations
Greek υπερεκτίμηση
- υπερεκτίμηση (yperektímisi)Translations
Japanese 過大評価
- 過大評価 (kadai-hyōka)Translations
Polish przeszacowanie, przecenienie
- przeszacowanieTranslations
- przecenienieTranslations
Swedish överskattning
- överskattningTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
overestimation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overestimation
MLA
“overestimation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overestimation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overestimation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overestimation.
Source: overestimation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.