Antonyms of noun overstatement

1 sense of overstatement

Sense 1
exaggeration, overstatement, magnification -- (making to seem more important than it really is)
       Antonym of understatement (Sense 1)
      => understatement -- (a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun overstatement

1 sense of overstatement

Sense 1
exaggeration, overstatement, magnification -- (making to seem more important than it really is)
       => misrepresentation, deceit, deception -- (a misleading falsehood)

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