Estimate
Estimate verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.
Usage example: we estimated the snowfall to be about a foot
Make
Make verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.
Usage example: I make that to be about six feet long
Estimate is a synonym for make in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Estimate" instead a verb "Make", if it concerns topics such as calculate.
How words are described
| good | good estimate | good make |
| high | high estimate | high make |
| best | best estimate | best make |
| exact | exact estimate | exact make |
| Other adjectives: better, real, new, worst, last, older. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Even with their almost impossible math skills, they still had to estimate the submarine's depth and make a Batman Gambit about its evasive maneuvres.
Source: Ace Pilot - In the short story The Warrior, the archangel Uriel explains that it's possible for beings like himself to look downstream in the "river of time" and make a good estimate of what's going to happen.
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Vague Age: Along with knowing practically nothing else about her, we don't know how old the detective is, but we can make an educated estimate.
Source: Videogame / Dark Parables
Cite this Source
Make and Estimate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/estimate/make
Estimate & Make. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/estimate/make>.
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