Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: understatement  ,ún-du(r)'steyt-munt or 'ún-du(r),steyt-munt
  1. A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

Derived forms: understatements

Type of: statement

Antonym: overstatement

Encyclopedia: Understatement

Nearest

underspend
understaffed
understand
understandability
understandable
understandably
understanding
understandingly
understate
understated
understatement
understock
understood
understrapper
understrength
understructure
understudy
undersurface
undertake
undertaker
undertaking