understatement

Questions about understatement

What does understatement mean?

understatement means "a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said".

How many syllables are in understatement?

understatement has 4 syllables: un-der-state-ment. The stress falls on "un". In IPA it is /ˈʌndɚˌsteɪtmənt/.

What is the opposite of understatement?

The recorded antonyms are overstatement.

Is understatement a common word?

understatement is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 understatement?

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