Overestimate [verb]

Definition of Overestimate:

blow up, increase

Synonyms of Overestimate:

● Widen

● Magnify

● Augment

● Bloat

● Escalate

● Exaggerate

● Enlarge

● Pad

● Boost

● Expand

● Distend

● Pyramid

● Raise

● Aerate

● Dilate

● Stretch

● Balloon

● Exalt

● Spread

● Cram

● Surcharge

● Aggrandize

● Amplify

● Beef up

● Build up

● Maximize

● Flesh out

● Puff up

● Pump up

● Swell up


Opposite/Antonyms of Overestimate:

● Let air out

● Deflate

● Debase

● Depress

● Contract

● Reduce

● Lower

● Shrink

● Diminish

● Compress

● Abridge

● Play down

● Weaken

● Lessen

● Decrease


Sentence/Example of Overestimate:

Be it considered, also, that men often overestimate their capacity for evil.

It would be difficult, however, to overestimate its indirect consequences.

The French did not overestimate the magnitude of the victory they had won.

It is impossible to overestimate the durability of homespun materials.

It would be difficult to overestimate the effect of these Letters abroad.

Mr. Boyle, like most short men, was apt to overestimate the qualities of size.

And Berrington had made a discovery, the importance of which it was impossible to overestimate.

Though I am one of those who think it would be easy to overestimate the importance——'

It is not easy to overestimate the significance of this change.

It is impossible to overestimate the significance of this spot.