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estimation - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | estimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, guess |
| Synonyms: | admiration, appraisal, appreciation, arithmetic, assessment, calculating, computation, consideration, credit, esteem, estimate, estimating, evaluation, favor, impression, judgment, opinion, reckoning, regard, respect, stock, valuation, veneration, view, ciphering, considered opinion, figuring, predicting |
| Notes: | estimate implies a calculation has been performed and it is on that basis that a judgment or valuation is being made, while estimation implies that an on-the-spot evaluation is being performed and that it is an opinion based on that evaluation; an estimate conveys a more reasoned or impersonal judgment than an estimation |
| Antonyms: | disbelief |
| Main Entry: | admiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great respect |
| Synonyms: | account, adoration, affection, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, deference, delight, esteem, estimation, favor, fondness, glorification, homage, honor, idolatry, liking, love, obeisance, pleasure, praise, recognition, regard, reverence, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship, idolization, marveling, prizing, valuing |
| Antonyms: | aversion, contempt, disapproval, disgust, dislike, disregard, hate, hatred, loathing |
| Main Entry: | adoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense love |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ardor, attachment, crush, devotion, esteem, estimation, exaltation, glorification, hankering, honor, idolatry, infatuation, passion, puppy love*, reverence, shine*, veneration, weakness*, worship, yen*, amore, idolization, pash, worshipping |
| Antonyms: | abhorrence, detestation, disrespect, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arithmetic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mathematics |
| Synonyms: | addition, calculation, computation, division, estimation, multiplication, reckoning, subtraction, figuring |
| Main Entry: | assay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assessment, estimation, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, measurement, rating, survey, test, trial, valuation |
| Main Entry: | comparison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrasting; corresponding |
| Synonyms: | allegory, analogy, association, collation, connection, contrast, correlation, discrimination, distinguishing, estimation, example, identification, illustration, juxtaposition, likeness, measuring, metaphor, observation, opposition, ratio, relation, resemblance, segregation, separation, similarity, testing, weighing, analogizing, analyzing, balancing, bringing together, collating, comparability, dividing, exemplification, likening, paralleling, relating |
| Main Entry: | computation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | performing arithmetic |
| Synonyms: | calculation, data processing, estimating, estimation, gauge, guess, reckoning, ciphering, computing, counting, figuring, summing, totalling |
| Antonyms: | conjecture, guesstimation |
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approximate calculation; educated guess |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assay, assessment, ballpark figure*, belief, conclusion, conjecture, estimation, evaluation, guess, impression, judgment, measure, measurement, mensuration, opinion, point of view, projection, rating, reckoning, stock, surmise, survey, thought, valuation, appraisement, gauging, guesstimate, sizing up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evaluation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assessment, calculation, decision, estimate, estimation, interpretation, opinion, rating, stock, take, valuation, appraisement, guesstimation |
| Main Entry: | fame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, character, credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, immortality, kudos, laurels, luster, majesty, name, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, prominence, rank, recognition, regard, renown, report, reputation, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority, illustriousness, preeminence, public esteem, rep, repute |
| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approval, good opinion; help |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, account, admiration, aid, approbation, assistance, backing, benediction, benefit, benevolence, bias, blessing, boon, championship, compliment, consideration, cooperation, courtesy, dispensation, encouragement, esteem, estimation, friendliness, gift, good will*, grace, indulgence, kindness, largess, okay, partiality, patronage, present, regard, respect, service, support, token, benignity, good turn, obligement |
| Antonyms: | disapproval, disfavor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | measurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calculation |
| Synonyms: | altitude, amount, analysis, appraisal, area, assessment, capacity, computation, degree, density, depth, determination, dimension, distance, estimation, evaluation, extent, frequency, height, judgment, length, magnitude, mass, measure, mensuration, pitch, quantity, range, reach, scope, size, survey, thickness, time, valuation, volume, weight, width, amplitude, calibration, metage, quantification |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | opinion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief |
| Synonyms: | assessment, assumption, attitude, conception, conclusion, conjecture, estimate, estimation, eye*, fancy, feeling, guess, hypothesis, idea, impression, inclination, inference, judgment, mind, notion, persuasion, point of view, postulate, presumption, reaction, sentiment, slant, speculation, supposition, surmise, suspicion, take*, theorem, theory, thesis, think*, thought, view, viewpoint, imagining, presupposition, say-so |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reckoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computation, account |
| Synonyms: | IOU*, addition, arithmetic, bad news*, bill, calculation, charge, check, cost, count, debt, due, estimate, estimation, fee, grunt*, invoice, score, settlement, statement, summation, tab, working, adding, ciphering, counting, figuring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reputation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonly held opinion of person's character |
| Synonyms: | éclat, account, approval, authority, character, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, estimation, fame, favor, honor, influence, mark*, name*, notoriety, opinion, position, prestige, privilege, prominence, rank, regard, reliability, renown, report, respectability, standing, stature, weight, acceptability, dependability, rep, repute, trustworthiness |
| Antonyms: | notoriety, disreputableness, ill repute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | standing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position, rank |
| Synonyms: | cachet, capacity, character, condition, consequence, credit, dignity, eminence, estimation, footing, place, prestige, reputation, scene, situation, slot, state, station, stature, status, term, repute |
| Main Entry: | viewpoint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of thinking |
| Synonyms: | angle, aspect, attitude, direction, estimation, eye*, frame of reference, ground, light, long view, outlook, perspective, point of observation, point of view, position, posture, respect, side, slant, stance, stand, standpoint, twist, two cents' worth, vantage point, view |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ballpark figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | educated guess |
| Synonyms: | approximation, estimate, estimation, guess, judgment, projection, guesstimate, informed guess, rough figure, rough guess, rough measure |
| Main Entry: | valuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appraisal |
| Synonyms: | assessment, cost, estimate, estimation, worth, appraisement |
| Main Entry: | assessment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evaluation |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, computation, determination, estimate, estimation, judgment, rating, reckoning, valuation, value judgment |
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