ballpark

Roughly correct, without being exact.

• Give me a ballpark figure.
• Our ballpark estimate was about five hundred pounds.
• These ballpark costs may change when we receive the final quotes.

Similar words: approximate, rough, estimated

Opposites: exact, precise

Common phrases: ballpark figure, ballpark estimate, ballpark cost

A field or stadium where baseball is played.

• The ballpark was full.
• We bought tickets for the new ballpark.
• Fans cheered as the team entered the ballpark.

Similar words: baseball stadium, baseball field

Common phrases: crowded ballpark, local ballpark, at the ballpark

A range of numbers or possibilities that is roughly correct.

• Your estimate is in the ballpark.
• Their prices are in the same ballpark as ours.
• We need a figure somewhere in the right ballpark.

How to use it: in the ballpark of something (The cost is in the ballpark of ten thousand dollars.)

Similar words: approximate range

Common phrases: in the ballpark, same ballpark, right ballpark

To make a rough guess about a number or amount, especially a cost.

• Can you ballpark the cost?
• She ballparked the total at three hundred dollars.
• We need to ballpark our expenses before planning the trip.

How to use it: ballpark something at an amount (We ballparked the repairs at two thousand dollars.)

Similar words: estimate, roughly calculate

Common phrases: ballpark the cost, ballpark a figure, ballpark something