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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties |
| Division (I) Formation of Ideas |
| Section V. Results of Reasoning |
| 482. Overestimation. |
| NOUN: | OVERESTIMATION &c. v.; exaggeration [See Exaggeration]; vanity [See Vanity]; optimism, pessimism. much cry and little wool, much ado about nothing; storm in a teacup; fine talking; fine writing, rodomontade, gush [colloq.], hot air [slang]. EGOISM, egotism, bombast, conceit, swelled head [slang], megalomania. EGOIST, egotist, megalomaniac; optimist, booster [U. S.], pessimist; Rodomont, Braggadochio, braggart, boaster, braggadocio, swaggerer; hot-air artist [slang], gas-bag [slang], wind-bag [slang]. |
| VERB: | OVERESTIMATE, overrate, over-value, overprize, overweigh, overreckon, overstrain, overpraise; estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain, magnify; exaggerate [See Exaggeration]; set too high a value upon; think -, make- -much, - too much- of; out-reckon. have too high an opinion of oneself (vanity) [See Vanity]. EULOGIZE, panegyrize, optimize, gush [colloq.], gush over [colloq.], boost [U. S.]; puff or puff up [colloq.]; extol, - to the skies; make the -most, - best, - worst- of; make two bites of a cherry. |
| ADJECTIVE: | overestimated &c. v.; oversensitive (sensibility) [See Sensibility]. INFLATED, puffed up; grandiose, stilted, pompous, pretentious, megalomaniacal, braggart, bombastic. |
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