Antonyms for overstate
ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪtover·state

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1. overstateverb

   Antonyms:
   understate

2. overstateverb

   I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.

   Antonyms:
   understate

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1. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplifyverb

   to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

   "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

   Antonyms:
   minimise, downplay, understate, minimize

   Synonyms:
   exaggerate, blow up, amplify, hyperbolise, enlarge, overdraw, expand, overdo, hyperbolize, inflate, magnify

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1. overstateverb

   Synonyms:
   exaggerate

How to use overstate in a sentence?

1. Sebastian Coe:

   We will get the change we want and only then will Russian athletes return to international competition, this is not about politics, this is about the protection of clean athletes. I cannot overstate the feeling around the conference call this evening about sending the strongest possible message that we can.

2. Israel Finkelstein:

   It’s hard to overstate Megiddo’s cultural and economic importance in the late Bronze Age.

3. Suzanne Maloney:

   It's hard to overstate how angry and resentful the Europeans are.

4. Jeremy Farrar:

   It is impossible to overstate the implications of this work in all Sir Gregory P. Winter daily lives -- biofuels, chemicals, environment, medicine and so much more e.g. treatment of cancer, arthritis, Crohn's, UC and infections -- there are patients with Ebola being treated today with antibody therapies, this has impacted so much of modern medicine.

5. Jen Psaki:

   But I don't want to overstate that, and that's one of the reasons he (Kerry) also reiterated ongoing concerns we have.

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