Antonyms of verb understate

1 sense of understate

Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay -- (represent as less significant or important)
       Antonym of overstate (Sense 1)
      => overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify -- (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb understate

1 sense of understate

Sense 1
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay -- (represent as less significant or important)
       => inform -- (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights")

Antonyms of adj understated

1 sense of understated

Sense 1
understated, unostentatious, unpretentious -- (exhibiting restrained good taste; "the room is pleasant and understated")

INDIRECT (VIA tasteful) -> tasteless -- (lacking aesthetic or social taste)

Similarity of adj understated

1 sense of understated

Sense 1
understated, unostentatious, unpretentious -- (exhibiting restrained good taste; "the room is pleasant and understated")
       => tasteful (vs. tasteless) -- (having or showing or conforming to good taste)