- Types Of Speech
- You can use overstate as a verb in a sentence.
- About Overstate
- A 3 syllables verb and 9 letters with the letters a, e, o, r, s, t, and v, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter s. Overstate starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters o, ov, ove, over, overs, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, tate, state, ..
- Definition
- To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'' imagery"
- Compound Words
- A compound word, overstate has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are over, and state.
- Pig Latin
- Overstate in Pig Latin is said as "overstateay or overstateway".
- Unigram
- o | v | e | r | s | t | a | t | e
- Bigram
- ov | ve | er | rs | st | ta | at | te
- Trigram
- ove | ver | ers | rst | sta | tat | ate
- Quadrigram
- over | vers | erst | rsta | stat | tate
- Word Gram
Synonym | Definition |
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Accelerate | move faster "The car accelerated" |
Aggrandise | add details to |
Aggrandize | add details to |
Aggravate | make worse "This drug aggravates the pain" |
Alter | remove the ovaries of "Is your cat spayed?" |
Amplify | increase the volume of "amplify sound" |
Attire | clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion "formal attire" "battle dress" |
Balloon | large tough non-rigid bag filled with gas or heated air |
Ballyhoo | blatant or sensational promotion |
Beat | the act of beating to windward sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
View all cognitive synonyms for Overstate
Antonym | 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 |
Anagram | Definition |
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Overstate | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'' imagery" |
View English words with the unique letters used in overstate. Words With The Letters Aeorstv
Word | Definition |
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Exaggeration | the act of making something more noticeable than usual "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness" |
Hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
Magnification | the act of expanding something in apparent size |
Overstatement | making to seem more important than it really is |
Word | Definition |
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Misinform | give false or misleading information to |
Mislead | give false or misleading information to |
Word | Definition |
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Aggrandise | add details to |
Aggrandize | add details to |
Blow | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" |
Blow Up | |
Bluster | a swaggering show of courage |
Boast | speaking of yourself in superlatives |
Brag | an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" |
Dramatise | add details to |
Dramatize | add details to |
Embellish | make more beautiful |
View All Hyponyms For Overstate
Overstate Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With O
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters