View synonyms for ballpark

ballpark

or ball park

[ bawl-pahrk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal. being an approximation, based on an educated guess:
Give me a ballpark figure on our total expenses for next year.

ballpark

/ ˈbɔːlˌpɑːk /

a stadium used for baseball games
informal.
1. approximate range
  in the right ballpark
2. ( as modifier )
  a ballpark figure
informal.
a situation; state of affairs
it's a whole new ballpark for him

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; ball ¹ + park

in the ballpark, Informal. within reasonable, acceptable, or expected limits:
The price may go up another $10, but that's still in the ballpark.

At that moment the chant “We want Gehrig, we want Gehrig” started to rumble from every corner of the big ballpark.

The AHA stepped up to the plate, but instead of an out-of-the-ballpark home run, it fouled out.

Still, the numbers give you a rough idea of the ballpark expenditure.

Happy birthday Wrigley Field, but are you too beautiful of a ballpark?

So what and how he is able to “act out” and the magnitude of his less-than-stellar decisions is a whole different ballpark.

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