Defenition of the word understatement

• Defenition of the word understatement

  • a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

Synonyms for the word understatement

• • dryness
  • irony
  • sarcasm
  • underestimation

Similar words in the understatement

• • understatement
  • understatement's
  • understatements

Hyponyms for the word understatement

• • litotes
  • meiosis

Hypernyms for the word understatement

• • statement

Antonyms for the word understatement

• • exaggeration
  • magnification
  • overstatement

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