lowball

Questions about lowball

What does lowball mean?

lowball means "make a deliberately low estimate".

How many syllables are in lowball?

lowball has 2 syllables and divides as low-ball under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lowball?

Close synonyms include underestimate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lowball a common word?

lowball is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.