overestimations
Guesses too high
Overestimations are judgments that rate something too highly—guesses that overshoot the mark.
The word applies to quantities, abilities, or importance: His overestimations of the project's cost led to budget problems.
Where underestimations fall short, overestimations exceed reality.
Unjustified certainty in oneself
Fault in communication
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- miscountError in enumeration
oversight · discrepancy · misreckoning · flaw · slip · mistake · variance · deviation
Claim beyond the facts
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- inflationSustained price level increase
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
dramatization · overemphasis · puffery · aggrandizement · overvaluation · oversell · overplay · stretching
overconfidence
Unjustified certainty in oneself
error
Fault in communication
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
miscount · oversight · discrepancy · misreckoning · flaw · slip · mistake · variance · deviation
overstatement
Claim beyond the facts
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- inflationSustained price level increase
amplification · dramatization · overemphasis · puffery · aggrandizement · overvaluation · oversell · overplay · stretching · distortion
overestimationsunderestimations
Judgments that fall short
underestimates · undervaluations · undercounts · underassessments · understatements