Synonyms for overstatement
ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪt mənt, ˈoʊ vərˌsteɪt-over·state·ment

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1. overstatementnoun

   Synonyms:
   exaggeration, hyperbole

2. overstatementnoun

   An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.

   The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts.

   Synonyms:
   exaggeration, hyperbole

3. overstatementnoun

   The tendency to overstate.

   She had a knack for overstatement.

   Synonyms:
   exaggeration, hyperbole

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1. exaggeration, overstatement, magnificationnoun

   making to seem more important than it really is

   Synonyms:
   exaggeration, blowup, hyperbole, magnification, enlargement

   Antonyms:
   understatement

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1. List of paraphrases for "overstatement":

   overestimation, overvaluation, exaggeration, overestimate, over-

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1. Deminor Recovery Services:

   The misinformation led to a significant overstatement of profits and hence to an artificially inflated share price during the relevant period.

2. The FBI Philadelphia Field Office:

   While it’s the FBI’s standard practice not to discuss such operational specifics, we can say that the number of personnel and vehicles widely reported as being on scene Friday is an overstatement, and the tactics used by FBI personnel were professional, in line with standard practices, and intended to ensure the safety of everyone present in and outside the residence.

3. Zhou Lin:

   Global investors are cannibalising each other. Calling it a market disaster is not an overstatement, the mood of panic is dominating the market... and I don't see any signs of meaningful government intervention.

4. Brooks Simpson:

   Government, even under Reagan or either Bush, was a larger entity doing a lot more things than government in either one of those two situations, to see it as tremendously radical is an overstatement. You can see that in fact from some of the real progressives in the Democratic party who are not necessarily happy that Biden isn’t going further and being much more confrontational.

5. Gregg Popovich:

   We would be in bad shape defensively it it weren’t for Jakob Poeltl, that’s not an overstatement. That’s not an exaggeration. I’m not trying to pump him up or anything. It’s a fact.