overstate

Other forms of overstate

past tense

overstated·

present participle

overstating·

third person

overstates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about overstate

What does overstate mean?

overstate means "to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth".

How many syllables are in overstate?

overstate has 3 syllables: o-ver-state. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌsteɪt/.

What is another word for overstate?

Close synonyms include exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of overstate?

The recorded antonyms are understate.

Is overstate a common word?

overstate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with overstate?

13 words rhyme with overstate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.