Overestimators

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals or groups who assess or judge something as being greater than it truly is
2. People who consistently assign inflated values or attributes to a person, object, or situation
3. Those who miscalculate or inaccurately evaluate potential or worth beyond realistic expectations

Etymology: "Overestimators" is the plural of "overestimator," a noun for someone who overrates things. It is built from "overestimate," which combines the prefix "over-," meaning excessively, with "estimate," from Latin "aestimare," to value or assess, and the suffix "-or," which forms nouns for people or agents, as in "editor" or "operator." So the word is a plain agent noun: one who overestimates. The base verb "overestimate" is the older and more basic piece, formed on the same pattern of "over-" added to "estimate." Because "estimate" already carries the sense of judging a value, "overestimate" simply adds the idea of judging too highly. The plural form follows the regular English rule of adding "-s," giving "overestimators" as the word for more than one such person.

Synonyms: exaggerators, overvaluers, overratees