overrate

  • 81exaggerate — v 1. overstate, overdo, make much of, overstress, overcharge, overcolor, make a mountain out of a molehill, make much ado about nothing; hyperbolize, overdraw; romance, embroider, stretch, stretch the point, strain; color, paint, paint in glowing …

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  • 82maximize — v 1. increase, enlarge, expand, aggrandize, greaten, amplify, magnify; augment, add to, build up, develop; widen, broaden, distend, inflate, fill out; elongate, protract, draw out, lengthen, stretch. 2. emphasize, overemphasize, play up, overplay …

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  • 83miscalculate — v misjudge, misreckon, miscount, miscompute; misestimate, misdeem, misread, miseval uate, misappreciate, misvalue; underestimate, overestimate, undervalue, overvalue, underreckon, overreck on, underrate, overrate; rush to conclusions, jump to a… …

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  • 84misjudge — v miscalculate, misreckon, miscount, miscompute, Inf. bet on the wrong horse; misapprehend, misunderstand, misconstrue, misinterpret; misestimate, misdeem, misread, misevaluate, misappre ciate, misvalue; underestimate, overestimate, undervalue,… …

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  • 85overestimate — v 1. overrate, overvalue, over esteem, overprize, exaggerate [s.t. s] worth, make too much of, attach too much importance to, think too much of, expect too much of. 2. overcalculate, overreckon, overcount, over measure, overassess, overpraise. 3 …

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  • 86overvalue — v overestimate, overrate, overesteem, overprize, exaggerate [s.t. s or s.o. s] worth, make too much of, attach too much importance to, think too much of, expect too much of …

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  • 87overestimate — o•ver•es•ti•mate v. [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈɛs təˌmeɪt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈoʊ vərˈɛs tə mɪt[/t]] v. mat•ed, mat•ing, n. 1) to estimate at too high a value, amount, or rate 2) to hold in too great esteem; overrate 3) an estimate that is too high • Etymology: 1815–25 …

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  • 88depreciate — [v1] devalue, lose value abate, cheapen, decay, decrease, decry, deflate, depress, deteriorate, devalorize, diminish, downgrade, drop, dwindle, erode, fall, lessen, lower, mark down, reduce, soften, underrate, undervalue, worsen, write down,… …

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  • 89magnify — [v1] enlarge, intensify aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, augment, bless, blow up, boost, build up, deepen, dignify, dilate, distend, enhance, ennoble, eulogize, exalt, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up, increase, inflate, intensate …

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  • 90minimize — [v] make smaller; underrate abbreviate, attenuate, belittle, cheapen, curtail, cut down to size, cut rate, decrease, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, downplay*, dwarf*, knock*, knock down*, lessen,… …

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