overestimates
Expects too much
Overestimates means to judge something as greater than it actually is—in size, importance, ability, or value.
You might overestimate how long a task will take, or overestimate your own skills: He overestimated his chances of winning.
As a noun, an overestimate is such a misjudgment: The budget was based on overestimates of revenue.
Faulty evaluation of something
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- inflationSustained price level increase
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- overvaluationAppraising too highly
overshoot · error · misreckoning · overrating · miscounting · misapprehension · blunder · misstep
Ruinous excessive confidence
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- cockyExcessively self-assured
- bravadoPretense of fearlessness
overconfidence · smugness · complacency · self-importance · conceit · egotism · swagger · boastful
Pinkly warm or hopeful
- pollyannaishUnrealistically positive in outlook
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- unrealisticLacking basis in reality
naive · dreamer · glass-half-full · hopeful · utopian · aspirational · starry-eyed · overoptimistic
Something that extends outward
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- predictionForecast of coming events
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
assumption · expectation · approximation · extrapolation · ballpark · guesstimate · reckoning · hypothesis
misjudgment
Faulty evaluation of something
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- inflationSustained price level increase
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
overvaluation · overshoot · error · misreckoning · overrating · miscounting · misapprehension · blunder · misstep · oversight
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- cockyExcessively self-assured
bravado · overconfidence · smugness · complacency · self-importance · conceit · egotism · swagger · boastful · pompous
rosy
Pinkly warm or hopeful
- pollyannaishUnrealistically positive in outlook
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
unrealistic · naive · dreamer · glass-half-full · hopeful · utopian · aspirational · starry-eyed · overoptimistic · rose-colored
projection
Something that extends outward
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- predictionForecast of coming events
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
conjecture · assumption · expectation · approximation · extrapolation · ballpark · guesstimate · reckoning · hypothesis · valuation
overestimatesunderestimates
Judges below actual worth
underrates · lowballs · undercounts · undershoots · underreports
overestimatesundervalues
Rates below true worth
underappreciates · underrates · sells short · discounts · diminishes
overestimate, overestimated, overestimation, overestimating, overestimations