understate

Verb

Meaning

To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

minimize minimise downplay trivialize deflate minify reduce decrease diminish lessen underestimate gloss disparage decry denigrate
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Antonyms

overstate exaggerate tosh increase peddle adore
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Hypernyms

inform

Hyponyms

trivialize trivialise

Related terms

understatement understated

Anagrams

undertaste

Examples

Cultural bias Some psychiatrists argue that current diagnostic standards rely on an exaggerated interpretation of neurophysiological findings and so understate the scientific importance of social-psychological variables. Source: Internet

According to a new report published in the journal SSM – Population Health, death reports often understate the involvement of substances in drug cocktail overdoses. Source: Internet

But in two important respects, the Midtown Manhattan Study may well understate the seriousness of the national mental health problem. Source: Internet

"I cannot understate the esteem in which he is held by our navy people, past and present." Source: Internet

But even those numbers understate the much larger number of people who will be restricted by the temporary travel ban. Source: Internet

But other factors may understate the numbers of people at risk. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

understanding the idea understandingly understandingness understated understatedly understatedness