- Types Of Speech
- You can use understatement as a noun in a sentence.
- About Understatement
- A 5 syllables noun and 14 letters with the letters a, d, e, m, n, r, s, t, and u, 9 consonants, 5 vowels and 5 syllables with the middle letters ta. Understatement starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters u, un, und, unde, under, and the ending characters are t, nt, ent, ment, ement, ..
- Definition
- A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
- Origin/Roots
- English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, understatement has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are under, and statement.
- School Grade
- Understatement is set as a sat word that starts with u, ends with t, 5 syllables, 5 vowels and 14 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Understatement in Pig Latin is said as "understatementay or understatementway".
- Unigram
- u | n | d | e | r | s | t | a | t | e | m | e | n | t
- Bigram
- un | nd | de | er | rs | st | ta | at | te | em | me | en | nt
- Trigram
- und | nde | der | ers | rst | sta | tat | ate | tem | eme | men | ent
- Quadrigram
- unde | nder | ders | erst | rsta | stat | tate | atem | teme | emen | ment
- Word Gram
Synonym | Definition |
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Abstractionism | an abstract genre of art artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation |
Abstract Art | |
Aslant | having an oblique or slanted direction |
Aslope | having an oblique or slanted direction |
Chasteness | lack of ornamentation "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" |
Coloring | the act or process of changing the color of something |
Colouring | the act or process of changing the color of something |
Contortion | the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) |
Deceit | the act of deceiving |
Deception | an illusory feat considered magical by naive observers |
View all cognitive synonyms for Understatement
Antonym | Definition |
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Exaggeration | the act of making something more noticeable than usual "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness" |
Magnification | the act of expanding something in apparent size |
Overstatement | making to seem more important than it really is |
Anagram | Definition |
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Understatement | a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said |
View English words with the unique letters used in understatement. Words With The Letters Ademnrstu
Word | Definition |
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Downplay | understate the importance or quality of "he played down his royal ancestry" |
Minimise | make small or insignificant "Let''s minimize the risk" |
Minimize | make small or insignificant "Let''s minimize the risk" |
Understate | represent as less significant or important |
Word | Definition |
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Statement | a document showing credits and debits |
Word | Definition |
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Litotes | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset'' when you mean `I was very upset'' is an example of litotes" |
Meiosis | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset'' when you mean `I was very upset'' is an example of litotes" |
Understatement Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With U
- Ends With T