approximate

Adjective

• located close together
  • with heads close together
    
  • approximate leaves grow together but are not united
    

• very close in resemblance
  • sketched in an approximate likeness
    
  • a near likeness
    

• not quite exact or correct
  • the approximate time was 10 o'clock
    
  • a rough guess
    
  • a ballpark estimate
    

Verb

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
  • I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
    

• be close or similar
  • Her results approximate my own
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  close together(p) , near , approximative , rough , estimate , gauge , guess , judge , come close