approximate
adjective
• close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact.
• "the approximate time of death"
Similar:
estimated,
rough,
imprecise,
inexact,
coarse-grained,
near,
close,
indefinite,
broad,
loose,
general,
vague,
hazy,
fuzzy,
woolly,
ballpark,
approximate
verb
• come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity.
• "a leasing agreement approximating to ownership"
Similar:
be close to,
be near to,
come close to,
come near to,
approach,
border on,
verge on,
equal roughly,
be similar to,
resemble,
correspond to,
compare with,
be tantamount to,
be not dissimilar to,
be not unlike,
touch,
nudge,
get on for,
Opposite:
be nothing like,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the adjectival sense ‘close, similar’): from late Latin approximatus, past participle of approximare, from ad- ‘to’ + proximus ‘very near’. The verb (originally meaning ‘bring close’) arose in the mid 17th century; the current adjectival sense dates from the early 19th century.
