in the ballpark
Near the target
In the ballpark means approximately correct or within a reasonable range.
The phrase comes from baseball—if you're in the ballpark, you're at least in the right place.
A guess or estimate that's in the ballpark is close enough to be useful: Is fifty thousand in the ballpark?
Your estimate wasn't exact, but it was in the ballpark.
Nearby or to shut
- roughUneven in surface
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- rough estimateImprecise preliminary calculation
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
approximation · range · order of magnitude · back-of-envelope · rough calculation · give or take · plus or minus · roughly
Meeting minimum standards
- fairImpartial and unbiased
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- plausibleAppearing worthy of belief
- realisticTrue to life
credible · within reason · feasible · workable · justifiable · defensible · legitimate · tenable
close
Nearby or to shut
- roughUneven in surface
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- rough estimateImprecise preliminary calculation
guesstimate · approximation · range · order of magnitude · back-of-envelope · rough calculation · give or take · plus or minus · roughly · more or less
acceptable
Meeting minimum standards
realistic · credible · within reason · feasible · workable · justifiable · defensible · legitimate · tenable · passable
stadium
Large venue for spectators
pitcher · home run · batter · bleachers · dugout · scoreboard · inning · grandstand · Fenway · Wrigley
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- sports idiomsthrow in the towel, slam dunk, out of left field, level playing field, step up to the plate
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost
- baseballbaseball, bat, pitchers, catchers, pitcher
- accuracyaccurate, precise, exact, correct, right
- estimatesestimate, estimation, rough estimate, guesstimate, approximation
in the ballparkway off
Extremely inaccurate
wide of the mark · not even close · off the mark · miles away · nowhere near
in the ballparkspot on
Exactly right, informally
on the nose · on the money · dead on · exact · bang on
ball, park, balls, parks, ballpark, balled, balling, parked, parking