Home › Words › S › subestimationsubestimationsubestimation means underestimation.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, subestimation ranks #40,710 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + estimation.noununderestimationDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.subestimate 86% match — underestimate vs subestimation →misunderestimation 73% match — An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating; misestimation of the low-side error type. vs subestimation →underprediction 68% match — A prediction that is smaller than the true value. vs subestimation →underguesstimate 68% match — To underestimate. vs subestimation →underestimate 67% 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 subestimation →underestimatable 66% match — Capable of being underestimated. vs subestimation →undervaluement 64% match — undervaluation vs subestimation →underrate 62% match — To underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate. vs subestimation →