Synonyms of the word lowball


LOWBALLAPPROXIMATE - ESTIMATE - GAUGE - GUESS - JUDGE - UNDERESTIMATE

lowball

  • n. The position of the ball on an American railroad ball signal that indicated Stop.
  • n. (poker) A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking…
  • n. A form of cribbage in which the first to score 121 (or 61) is the loser.
  • n. An unmixed alcohol drink served on ice or water in a short glass.
  • v. (transitive) to give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent.
  • v. (transitive) To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of…
  • v. (transitive) To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's…

approximate

  • adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
  • adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
  • v. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
  • v. To come near to; to approach.
  • v. To estimate.

estimate

  • n. A rough calculation or guess.
  • n. (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably…
  • n. An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
  • v. To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
  • v. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.

gauge

  • n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
  • n. An act of measuring.
  • n. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things.
  • n. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
  • n. (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
  • n. (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector…
  • n. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
  • n. (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
  • n. (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
  • n. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
  • n. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of…
  • n. (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be…
  • n. (slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat…
  • n. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
  • v. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
  • v. (transitive) To estimate.
  • v. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
  • v. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
  • v. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
  • v. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

guess

  • v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
  • v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
  • v. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
  • v. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
  • n. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

judge

  • n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
  • n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
  • n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
  • n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
  • v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
  • v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
  • v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
  • v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
  • v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
  • v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

underestimate

  • v. (transitive) To perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what…
  • n. An estimate or perception that is too low.

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