'Understate' definitions:
Definition of 'understate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Represent as less significant or important [syn: understate, minimize, minimise, downplay] [ant: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate]
Definition of 'Understate'
From: GCIDE
- Understate \Un`der*state"\, v. t. To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'understate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- belie,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- caricature,
- color,
- disguise,
- distort,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- fudge,
- garble,
- gild,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- mask,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- overdraw,
- overstate,
- parody,
- pervert,
- slant,
- strain,
- titivate,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- twist,
- varnish,
- warp,
- whitewash,
- wrench