overvalue

Verb

Meaning

To exceed in value.

To value excessively; to rate at too high a price.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

overestimate exceed stretch amplify exaggerate inflate underestimate glorify magnify misinterpret overstate embellish overdo misjudge overvaluation
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Antonyms

undervalue minify minimize diminish lessen underestimate
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Hypernyms

value

Derivatives

overvalued overvaluing

Examples

There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death. Denis Diderot

To overvalue something is a form of lying. Baltasar Gracián

Life seems to me essentially passion, conflict, rage... It is only intellect that keeps me sane; perhaps this makes me overvalue intellect against feeling. Bertrand Russell

People ridiculously overvalue aesthetics and beauty when evaluating products. It's one of the reasons iPods, and, for that matter, Keanu Reeves, are so successful. Joel Spolsky

I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk. Iain Banks

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. Malcolm Forbes

Close letter words and terms

overvaliant overvaluable overvaluation overvalued idea overvaluedness overvaluing