ballpark
Where sluggers play
A ballpark is a stadium where baseball is played.
The word extends to rough estimates and approximations: Give me a ballpark figure.
Something in the ballpark is close enough to be reasonable: Your guess was in the ballpark.
As a verb, to ballpark is to estimate roughly: I'd ballpark the cost at fifty thousand.
Nearly accurate but inexact
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- roughUneven in surface
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
- round numbersMultiples of ten, roughly
range · broad strokes · back-of-envelope · in the neighborhood · close enough · roughly speaking · give or take · approximation
Large venue for spectators
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
- fieldArea of specialty
- bleachersOpen-air spectator benches
- grandstandTiered spectator seating structure
dugout · bullpen · scoreboard · outfield · infield · home plate · foul pole · baseline
Ardent admirers or coolers
- cheersCasual toast or farewell
- hotdogsSausages in buns
- peanutsEdible underground legumes
- crackerjackInformal term for expert
seventh-inning stretch · vendors · sunflower seeds · organ music · wave · rally caps · foam finger · beer
approximate
Nearly accurate but inexact
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- roughUneven in surface
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
round numbers · range · broad strokes · back-of-envelope · in the neighborhood · close enough · roughly speaking · give or take · approximation · educated guess
stadium
Large venue for spectators
grandstand · dugout · bullpen · scoreboard · outfield · infield · home plate · foul pole · baseline · pitcher's mound
fans
Ardent admirers or coolers
crackerjack · seventh-inning stretch · vendors · sunflower seeds · organ music · wave · rally caps · foam finger · beer · nachos
- StadiumsYankee Stadium, Wembley Stadium, Dodger Stadium, Wrigley Field, Lambeau Field
- baseballbaseball, bat, pitchers, catchers, pitcher
- business jargonacronym, scalability, buzzword, drill down, low-hanging fruit
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
- entertainment venuescasino, arcade, cinema, club, arena
- estimatesestimate, estimation, rough estimate, guesstimate, approximation
ballparkhockey rink
Frozen sports venue
swimming pool · velodrome · bowling alley · gymnasium · tennis court
- ballpark figureRough numerical estimate
- in the ballparkNear enough to count
- ballpark estimateApproximate calculation, not exact
- knock it out of the ballparkSucceed dramatically, impressively
- ballpark foodSnacks sold at games
- ballpark estimationApproximate calculation, not precise