Understatement synonyms
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modest statement
less than the truth
overstatement (related)
An estimate or perception that is too low.
An act of belittling
restrained statement
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litotes
(Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which the speaker emphasizes the magnitude of a statement by denying its opposite; a figure of speech in which understatement is used with negation to express a positive attribute; a form of irony
avoidance of overemphasis or exaggeration
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
A distorting or being distorted
anticlimax (related)
over-statement (related)
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under-statement (related)
anti-climax (related)
exaggeration (related)
exageration (related)
Find another word for understatement. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for understatement, like: modest statement, less than the truth, overstatement, underestimate, belittlement, underestimation, restrained statement, litotes, restraint, avoidance of overemphasis or exaggeration and oversimplification.