overestimate
Think too much
To overestimate is to judge something as greater than it actually is—more valuable, more likely, more capable.
You might overestimate the time needed for a task, overestimate your own abilities, or overestimate someone's interest in your problems.
Don't overestimate how much they care.
As a noun, an overestimate is such a misjudgment: The budget was an overestimate by half.
Evaluate incorrectly
- overrateAssess too favorably
- overvalueEstimate worth too highly
- overassessEvaluate too highly
- overshootGo beyond intended point
misreckon · overcount · miscalibration · overcalculation · misapprehension · misinterpretation · misconception · error
Estimate worth too highly
- overpricedCosting more than warranted
- overratedPraised beyond deserving
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- appraisalEstimation of worth
premium · exorbitant · markup · overbid · bubble · overcharge · costly · steep
Unverified belief accepted as true
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
projection · forecast · anticipation · expectation · prediction · speculation · inference · extrapolation
misjudge
Evaluate incorrectly
- overrateAssess too favorably
- overvalueEstimate worth too highly
- overassessEvaluate too highly
overshoot · misreckon · overcount · miscalibration · overcalculation · misapprehension · misinterpretation · misconception · error · mistake
overvalue
Estimate worth too highly
- overpricedCosting more than warranted
- overratedPraised beyond deserving
- inflatedExpanded with gas
appraisal · premium · exorbitant · markup · overbid · bubble · overcharge · costly · steep · unreasonable
assumption
Unverified belief accepted as true
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
hypothesis · projection · forecast · anticipation · expectation · prediction · speculation · inference · extrapolation · prognosis
overstate
Represent as greater
embellish · hyperbolize · overdraw · overplay · stretch · dramatize · embroider · aggrandize · puff · distort
- Estimation Errorsrounding error
- misjudgmentsmisjudgment, mistake, error, blunder, miscalculation
- calculation errorsmiscalculation, math error, counting error, miscount, miscounting
- misjudgingmisjudging, miscalculation, snap judgment, prejudice, assumption
- Project Estimationforecast, ballpark, quote, bid, three-point
- exaggerateoverstate, amplify, magnify, embellish, inflate
overestimateunderestimate
Judge too low
undervalue · underrate · undercount · lowball · underassess
overestimatedownplay
Diminish perceived importance
minimize · understate · soft-pedal · play down · belittle
overestimated, overestimation, overestimates, overestimating, overestimations