Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Overestimation

Nouns
  • overestimation etc. v.
  • exaggeration etc. Exaggeration
  • vanity etc. Vanity
  • optimism, pessimism, pessimist. much cry and little wool, much ado about nothing
  • storm in a teacup, tempest in a teacup
  • fine talking.
Verbs
  • overestimate, overrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon, overstrain, overpraise
  • eulogize
  • estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws
  • strain, magnify
  • exaggerate etc. Exaggeration
  • set too high a value upon
  • think much of, make much of, think too much of, make too much of
  • outreckon
  • panegyrize. extol, extol to the skies
  • make the most of, make the best of, make the worst of
  • make two bites of a cherry. have too high an opinion of oneself etc. (vanity) Vanity.
Adjectives
  • overestimated etc. v.
  • oversensitive etc. (sensibility) Sensibility.
Phrases
  • all his geese are swans