Home › Words › S › subestimatesubestimatesubestimate means subestimation, underestimation.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, subestimate ranks #32,508 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + estimate.nounsubestimation, underestimationverbunderestimateDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.subestimation 86% match — underestimation vs subestimate →underguesstimate 73% match — To underestimate. vs subestimate →underestimate 72% match — To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has. vs subestimate →underguess 68% match — To make a guess that is too small; to underestimate. vs subestimate →underestimatable 68% match — Capable of being underestimated. vs subestimate →underrate 65% match — To underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate. vs subestimate →misunderestimation 64% match — An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating; misestimation of the low-side error type. vs subestimate →counterestimate 64% match — An estimate offered in response to another estimate, as being more accurate. vs subestimate →