to overrate

Examples

• All

• There are many things that are overrated, but hope is not one of them. There's always hope!

  Blog text (14)

• I think you underestimate my station in this office and overrate your own.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Parents tended to overrate the "positive" aspects of their relationships with offspring over time.

  Academic text (1997)

• "Jimmy wants us to appreciate this change without overrating it.

  Academic text (2002)

• Such persons have a pronounced tendency to overrate the values of their worldview.

  Blog text (2)

• Obama's debate performance also raised a bigger question: Is he overrated as a candidate?

  Blog text (14)

• A lot of the time it's just politicians overrating their own governing, diplomatic, and compromising skills.

  Blog text (15)

• The causes of the financial crisis were multiple, and the easy targets are ratings agencies that overrated complex mortgage-based derivatives.

  Academic text (2018)

• Nevertheless, terrorism's prospects, often overrated by the media, the public, and some politicians, are improving as its destructive potential increases.

  Academic text (1996)

• Many fans tend to overrate actors based solely on their previous roles.

Synonyms

O

to overstate

vsto overrate

70 4.2

Say something is bigger or more important than it really is

specifically judges value or capability as higher rather than just description

O

to overestimate

vsto overrate

50 4.1

To think something is larger or more important than it really is

values ability or importance as higher than it truly is

O

to overvalue

vsto overrate

13 5.8

To think something is worth more than it really is

focuses on rating people or things as more capable or important

O

to oversell

vsto overrate

7 4.9

Make something seem better than it really is

is an evaluative judgment that rates ability or importance too highly

O

to overhype

vsto overrate

4 5.8

Praise something more than it really deserves

is a valuation that overstates capability or importance rather than marketing it

O

to overinflate

vsto overrate

1 5.1

Make something seem much bigger or more important than it is

is about judging worth or ability as higher rather than size alone

O

to overblow

vsto overrate

1 5.9

To make something seem more important or serious than it is

is about rating value or capability too high rather than stressing seriousness

O

to overexaggerate

vsto overrate

1 5.4

To make something seem much worse or bigger than it is

is a valuation that rates worth or ability too highly rather than mere excess

H

to hyperbolize

vsto overrate

• US

1 7.9

To make something seem much bigger or more important than it really is

applies this to judging worth or ability, not only dramatic effect

O

to overdraw

vsto overrate

6.6

Describe something as more important or impressive than it really is

focuses on estimating worth or ability as higher rather than dramatizing events

Antonyms

U

to underestimate

299 3.1

To think someone or something is less important than they really are

U

to underrate

3 3.7

To think someone has less ability or importance than they really have

How Valued

to overrate

50 5.1

to rate

292 2.7

to underrate

3 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology