UNDERSTATEMENT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

understatement

noun

Definition of understatement

as in meiosis

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as in restraint

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Recent Examples of understatement To say the burden of proof is now on the Clippers would be a massive understatement. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 To say McDonald’s lovers are excited would be an understatement. — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026 To say Summer 2026 has been a scorcher would be an understatement. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026 To say that it's been a year of turmoil around LIV Golf would be a massive understatement. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for understatement

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Noun

Chromosome pairs are also essential for meiosis, the specialized type of cell division that produces sperm and eggs.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 July 2026
The media business always goes through some splitting of cells — meiosis and mitosis — but every industry leader concedes that consolidation is especially needed today.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026

Definition of meiosis

Noun

Due to the ongoing construction and current facility restraints, Belmont Park will only operate with a capacity of 6,000 during opening weekend and 4,000 after.

— John Dias, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Perhaps showrunner and co-creator Ian Brennan showed restraint, even foresight, by keeping the Floridian killer out of Season 3’s meta movie storyline.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of restraint

Noun

Iamaleava could have allowed the disparagement to compound, but the starting signal-caller is using it as fuel for a 2026 season where many have the Bruins painted as a potential dark horse.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Her mother, meanwhile, is backed up by her second husband (Kwon), a mild-mannered documentary filmmaker whose profession gives his wife yet more ammunition in her smiling disparagement of Sanghee.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of disparagement

Noun

No information was immediately available on the severity of the injuries.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Contract terms, vendor requirements, safety programs and business continuity planning can reduce either the likelihood or financial severity of certain losses before financing enters the equation.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of severity

Noun

Tan's comments came as investors were rattled by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's weekend essay advocating for a moderation in the pace of model development.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
This supports moderation and aligns with broader public health goals to reduce harmful alcohol consumption worldwide by 2030.

— Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of moderation

Noun

The sheer fact of filming fills a frame, even one composed with quasi-documentary plainness, with a plethora of details of narrative, expressive, aesthetic, intellectual, and historical import.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
To understand why men might have adopted a clothing system that prioritized plainness and conformity over color and change, this book investigates the gradual crystallization of this civic uniform of masculinity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

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