eyeballing
Sizing up visually
Eyeballing is estimating or measuring something by sight alone, without instruments or precise calculation: I was just eyeballing the distance—maybe fifty feet?
The term suggests rough approximation rather than accuracy.
Eyeballing can also mean looking at someone or something intently, often with suspicion or interest: He kept eyeballing me from across the room.
Near but inexact value
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- roughUneven in surface
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
imprecise · inexact · judgment · assessment · visual · measurement · estimation · reckoning
Evaluating worth or significance
- appraisingEstimating value or quality
- evaluatingJudging quality or worth
- critiquingExamining and judging quality
- weighingMeasuring mass or heft
considering · gauging · rating · reviewing · reading · intuition
approximation
Near but inexact value
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- roughUneven in surface
guesswork · imprecise · inexact · judgment · assessment · visual · measurement · estimation · reckoning · spitballing
assessing
Evaluating worth or significance
- appraisingEstimating value or quality
- evaluatingJudging quality or worth
- critiquingExamining and judging quality
weighing · considering · gauging · rating · reviewing · reading · intuition
watching
Actively looking at something
- staringGazing without break
- gazingProlonged, intent looking
- scrutinizingExamining something very closely
looking · peering · glancing · scanning · once-over · ogling · leering · examining · inspecting · surveying
- approximatingguessing, estimating, rounding, ballparking, gauging
- eyeballingguesstimate, rough count
- Estimationballpark estimate, estimator, educated guess, guesstimate, rough estimate
- assessmentevaluating, test, analyzing, exam, assessing
- pursuitchase, chasing, pursuit, chase down, pursue
- mental mathmental math, mental arithmetic, estimation, guesstimate, ballpark
eyeballingquantifying
Determining amount numerically
computing · calibrating · surveying · weighing · measuring
eyeballingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
overlooking · disregarding · looking away · neglecting · missing