Roget's Thesaurus

#482. Overestimation

Nouns

overestimation etc. v.; exaggeration etc. 549; vanity etc. 880; optimism, pessimism, pessimist. much cry and little wool, much ado about nothing; storm in a teacup, tempest in a teacup; fine talking.

Verbs

overestimate, overrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon, overstrain, overpraise; eulogize; estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain, magnify; exaggerate etc. 549; set too high a value upon; think much of, make much of, think too much of, make too much of; outreckon; panegyrize. extol, extol to the skies; make the most of, make the best of, make the worst of; make two bites of a cherry. have too high an opinion of oneself etc. (vanity) 880.

Adjectives

overestimated etc. v.; oversensitive etc. (sensibility) 822.

Phrases

all his geese are swans; parturiunt montes [Lat.].