Overstate (Verb)

Meaning

To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Overdraw
• Amplify
• Exaggerate
• Hyperbolise
• Magnify
• Hyperbolize

Antonyms

• Understate

Hypernyms

• Mislead

Hyponyms

• Bluster
• Dramatize
• Overstress
• Aggrandise
• Lard
• Aggrandize
• Pad
• Tout
• Gasconade
• Blow
• Shoot A Line
• Brag
• Vaunt
• Gas
• Embellish
• Overemphasise
• Blow Up
• Dramatise
• Swash

Related Words

• Overstatement (noun)