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Underestimate Synonyms & Antonyms

(transitive) To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.

Synonyms

misunderestimatesell shortunderapproximateunderestimateunderguessunderjudgeunderrateunderreckonunderstateunderestimationmisjudgebelittlemake light ofbagatellizebanalizecut downde-emphasizedenigratedegradedeprecatederogatedisparagedispraisedownplaylilliputianizemake little ofmake nothing ofminimizeplay downset at noughtundervaluelowballunderratingunderreckoning

Antonyms

overestimateoverapproximateoverholdoverrateoverreckonoverstateoverthinkoverdobig upcut it fatexaggeratehyperbolizeoverchargeoveremphasizeplay upstretchthree-sheetovervalue

Related Words

underrateundervaluelowballunderratingunderreckoningundervaluationundervaluingunderstateunderplayunderdogdisregardignoreneglectforgetdownplaybelittledisparagefloutdenigratede-emphasize

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