estimated
Gauged without precision
Estimated describes a value arrived at through calculation or informed judgment rather than exact measurement.
An estimated cost or estimated time of arrival represents a best approximation based on available information.
The word signals that figures are provisional—close enough for planning but subject to change: The estimated crowd size was fifty thousand.
Uneven in surface
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- inexactLacking full accuracy
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
- uncertainNot firmly known
tentative · rounded · approximation · guesstimate · fuzzy · loose · general · broad
Prediction of future conditions
- predictedDeclared in advance
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- expectedRegarded as likely
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
extrapolated · modeled · budgeted · planned · scheduled · timeline · projection · outlook
Estimate without certainty
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
supposition · inference · surmise · hunch · intuition · presumption · theory · postulation
rough
Uneven in surface
uncertain · tentative · rounded · approximation · guesstimate · fuzzy · loose · general · broad · vague
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- predictedDeclared in advance
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- expectedRegarded as likely
calculated · extrapolated · modeled · budgeted · planned · scheduled · timeline · projection · outlook · forward-looking
guess
Estimate without certainty
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
assumption · supposition · inference · surmise · hunch · intuition · presumption · theory · postulation · stab
estimatedexact
Perfectly correct, no deviation
precise · accurate · actual · calculated · specific
estimateddefinite
Clearly established, not vague
certain · known · established · fixed · determined
- rough estimateImprecise preliminary calculation
- ballpark estimateApproximate calculation, not exact
- conservative estimate
- ball-park estimateApproximate calculation, inexact
- lowball estimate
- ballpark estimationApproximate calculation, not precise
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