overstatement

1. 1.

   making to seem more important than it really is

   Synonymsexaggerationmagnification

   Antonymsunderstatement

   Broadermisrepresentation

Other forms of overstatement

plural

overstatements·

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 overstatement

What does overstatement mean?

overstatement means "making to seem more important than it really is".

How many syllables are in overstatement?

overstatement has 4 syllables: over-sta-te-ment. The stress falls on "over". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌsteɪtmənt/.

What is another word for overstatement?

Close synonyms include exaggeration, magnification. 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 overstatement?

The recorded antonyms are understatement.

Is overstatement a common word?

overstatement 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 overstatement?

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