overstate

Verb

Meaning

To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

exaggerate amplify magnify overdo overdraw hyperbolize color fudge dramatize colour expand elaborate enhance stretch pad
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Antonyms

understate minify reduce demonstrate minimize clarify
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Hypernyms

mislead misinform

Hyponyms

gas swash dramatize blow pad boast

Derivatives

overstated overstating

Examples

tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery Source: Internet

Calfrac's public statements overstate the benefits of the Management Transaction to the holders of unsecured notes. Source: Internet

By lying about the true status of the loans, Ross caused DLI to overstate the value of these loans on the funds’ books and fraudulently inflate the funds’ value, according to the indictment. Source: Internet

From a CIO/CISO’s perspective, therefore, it is impossible to overstate the importance of being able to automate security policy management across the entire estate – physical, virtual and cloud. Source: Internet

It is impossible to overstate the critical importance of water in our daily lives. Source: Internet

It's genuinely hard to overstate just how well the humor is done on this show. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

overstare overstarvation overstarve overstated overstatedness overstately