'overstate' definitions:
Definition of 'overstate'
From: WordNet
verb
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate]
Synonyms of 'overstate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- belie,
- blow up,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- color,
- disguise,
- distort,
- draw the longbow,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- enlarge,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- fudge,
- garble,
- gild,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- go to extremes,
- hyperbolize,
- idealize,
- inflate,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- mask,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overcalculate,
- overcharge,
- overcount,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overemphasize,
- overesteem,
- overestimate,
- overmeasure,
- overpaint,
- overpraise,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- overreact to,
- overreckon,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstress,
- overvalue,
- pad,
- parody,
- pervert,
- pile it on,
- puff,
- slant,
- strain,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- titivate,
- tout,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- twist,
- understate,
- varnish,
- warp,
- whitewash,
- wrench