What are the opposite words for exaggerate?
The antonyms for the word "exaggerate" are "understate," "minimize," "mitigate," and "downplay." When we understate something, we describe it as smaller or less severe than it actually is. When we minimize something, we make it seem less important or significant. Mitigate means to appease or moderate the intensity of something. Downplay is to make light of something or to make it seem less important. Using these antonyms can be helpful in communication and writing to accurately convey the intended meaning without overdoing it.
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- detract
- underestimate
- belittle
- depreciate
- snigger
- underrate
- understate
- communication
- decry
- disparage
- undervalue
- devalue
- criticize, blame
- belittle, ridicule
- take away a part; lessen
- misestimate
- miscalculate
- criticize; detract from
- overstate, embellish
- minimize; rate too low
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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detract
- belittle,
- draw away,
- Misprize,
- Vilipend,
- cut rate,
- vilipended,
- vilipending,
- cuts rate,
- cutting rate,
- de crease,
- de creased,
- de creases,
- de creasing,
- de tract,
- de tracts,
- de valuate,
- de valuated,
- de valuates,
- de valuating,
- de-crease,
- de-creased,
- de-creases,
- de-creasing,
- de-tract,
- de-tracts,
- de-valuate,
- de-valuated,
- de-valuates,
- de-valuating,
- dis esteem,
- dis esteemed,
- dis esteeming,
- dis esteems,
- dis-esteem,
- dis-esteemed,
- dis-esteeming,
- dis-esteems,
- drawing away,
- draws away,
- drew away,
- mis prize,
- mis prized,
- mis prizing,
- mis-prize,
- mis-prized,
- mis-prizes,
- mis-prizing,
- misprized,
- misprizes,
- misprizing,
- re duce,
- re duces,
- re-duce,
- re-duces,
- subtracted from,
- subtracts from,
- vilipends,
- with draw,
- with drawing,
- with drawn,
- with draws,
- with drew,
- with-draw,
- with-drawing,
- with-drawn,
- with-drew.
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underestimate
- sell short,
- understate,
- make light of,
- think too little of,
- made light of,
- makes light of,
- making light of,
- mis calculated,
- mis calculates,
- mis calculating,
- mis carried,
- mis carries,
- mis carry,
- mis carrying,
- mis-calculates,
- mis-calculating,
- mis-carry,
- mis-carrying,
- not do justice,
- selling short,
- sells short,
- sold short,
- thinking too little of,
- thinks too little of,
- thought too little of,
- under estimate,
- under estimated,
- under estimates,
- under estimating,
- under-estimate,
- under-estimated,
- under-estimates,
- under-estimating.
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belittle
- badmouth,
- blistered,
- dispraise,
- lowered,
- squash,
- Dispraised,
- Dispraising,
- put down,
- shoot down,
- Squashing,
- undervalued,
- running down,
- dispraises,
- take down a peg,
- dump on,
- scoff at,
- sneer at,
- cut to the quick,
- shoot full of holes,
- bad mouth,
- be little,
- be littles,
- be-little,
- be-littles,
- cut down size,
- cut down to size,
- cut quick,
- cut the quick,
- cut to quick,
- cuts down size,
- cuts down to size,
- cuts quick,
- cuts the quick,
- cuts to quick,
- cuts to the quick,
- cutting down size,
- cutting down to size,
- cutting quick,
- cutting the quick,
- cutting to quick,
- cutting to the quick,
- de ride,
- de rides,
- de riding,
- de-ride,
- de-rides,
- de-riding,
- dis counted,
- dis counting,
- dis counts,
- dis credit,
- dis credited,
- dis crediting,
- dis credits,
- dis praise,
- dis praised,
- dis praises,
- dis praising,
- dis-counted,
- dis-counting,
- dis-counts,
- dis-credit,
- dis-credited,
- dis-crediting,
- dis-credits,
- dis-praise,
- dis-praised,
- dis-praises,
- dis-praising,
- dumped on,
- dumping on,
- dumps on,
- pooh pooh,
- poor mouth,
- poor mouthed,
- poor mouthing,
- poor mouths,
- scoffed at,
- scoffing at,
- scoffs at,
- shoot full holes,
- shooting down,
- shooting full holes,
- shooting full of holes,
- shoots down,
- shoots full holes,
- shoots full of holes,
- shot down,
- shot full holes,
- shot full of holes,
- sneered at,
- sneering at,
- sneers at,
- soured grapes,
- souring grapes,
- sours grapes,
- take a swipe at,
- takes a swipe at,
- takes down a peg,
- takes down peg,
- takes swipe at,
- taking a swipe at,
- taking down a peg,
- taking down peg,
- taking swipe at,
- took a swipe at,
- took down peg,
- took swipe at,
- under valuing.
-
depreciate
- undervalue,
- Faulted,
- find fault with,
- clamor against,
- clamored against,
- clamoring against,
- clamors against,
- dis countenance,
- dis countenanced,
- dis countenances,
- dis countenancing,
- dis-countenance,
- dis-countenanced,
- dis-countenances,
- dis-countenancing,
- finding fault with,
- finds fault with,
- found fault with,
- re vile,
- re-vile.
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snigger
- Burlesqued,
- Burlesquing,
- Caricatured,
- Caricaturing,
- Fleered,
- Fleering,
- rank out,
- hold in contempt,
- curl lip,
- curl one lip,
- curl one's lip,
- curl ones lip,
- curled lip,
- curled one lip,
- curled one's lip,
- curled ones lip,
- curling lip,
- curling one lip,
- curling one's lip,
- curling ones lip,
- curls lip,
- curls one lip,
- curls one's lip,
- curls ones lip,
- gave bronx cheer,
- gives bronx cheer,
- giving bronx cheer,
- held contempt,
- held in contempt,
- held ridicule,
- held to ridicule,
- held up ridicule,
- held up to ridicule,
- hold contempt,
- hold ridicule,
- hold to ridicule,
- hold up ridicule,
- hold up to ridicule,
- holding contempt,
- holding in contempt,
- holding ridicule,
- holding to ridicule,
- holding up ridicule,
- holding up to ridicule,
- holds contempt,
- holds in contempt,
- holds ridicule,
- holds to ridicule,
- holds up to ridicule,
- ranked out,
- ranking out,
- ranks out,
- sniff at,
- sniffed at,
- sniffing at,
- sniffs at,
- turn nose,
- turn one nose,
- turn one's nose,
- turn ones nose,
- turn up one nose,
- turn up one's nose,
- turn up ones nose,
- turned nose,
- turned one nose,
- turned one's nose,
- turned ones nose,
- turned up nose,
- turned up one's nose,
- turned up ones nose,
- turning nose,
- turning one nose,
- turning one's nose,
- turning ones nose,
- turning up nose,
- turning up one nose,
- turning up one's nose,
- turns nose,
- turns one nose,
- turns one's nose,
- turns ones nose,
- turns up nose,
- turns up one nose,
- turns up one's nose,
- turns up ones nose.
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underrate
- underprice,
- Underprize,
- underrated,
- mis judged,
- mis judges,
- mis judging,
- mis-judged,
- mis-judges,
- mis-judging,
- under price,
- under priced,
- under prices,
- under pricing,
- under prize,
- under prized,
- under prizes,
- under prizing,
- under rate,
- under rated,
- under rates,
- under rating,
- under-price,
- under-priced,
- under-prices,
- under-pricing,
- under-prize,
- under-prized,
- under-prizes,
- under-prizing,
- under-rate,
- under-rated,
- under-rates,
- under-rating,
- underpriced,
- underprices,
- underpricing,
- underprized,
- underprizes,
- underprizing.
- understate
- communication
-
decry
- mark down,
- Reprobated,
- Reprobating,
- take away,
- marked down,
- cry down,
- poor-mouthing,
- cried down,
- cries down,
- crying down,
- de cried,
- de cries,
- de cry,
- de crying,
- de fame,
- de famed,
- de fames,
- de faming,
- de value,
- de valued,
- de values,
- de valuing,
- de-cried,
- de-cries,
- de-cry,
- de-crying,
- de-fame,
- de-famed,
- de-fames,
- de-faming,
- de-value,
- de-valued,
- de-values,
- de-valuing,
- did a number on,
- did number on,
- didst a number on,
- didst number on,
- dis grace,
- dis graced,
- dis graces,
- dis gracing,
- dis-grace,
- dis-graced,
- dis-graces,
- dis-gracing,
- do number on,
- does a number on,
- does number on,
- doest a number on,
- doest number on,
- doeth a number on,
- doeth number on,
- doing a number on,
- doing number on,
- dost a number on,
- dost number on,
- doth a number on,
- doth number on,
- opprobriate,
- opprobriates,
- opprobriating,
- poor-mouthed,
- poormouth,
- poormouthing,
- poormouths,
- re probate,
- re probating,
- re-probate,
- re-probated,
- re-probates,
- take swipe at,
- takes away,
- taking away,
- throwing stones at,
- throws stones at,
- took away.
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disparage
- dis,
- DISES,
- de grade,
- de graded,
- de grades,
- de grading,
- de moralize,
- de moralized,
- de moralizes,
- de moralizing,
- de-grade,
- de-graded,
- de-grades,
- de-grading,
- de-moralize,
- de-moralized,
- de-moralizes,
- de-moralizing,
- dis courage,
- dis courages,
- dis hearten,
- dis heartened,
- dis heartening,
- dis heartens,
- dis missed,
- dis missing,
- dis-courage,
- dis-courages,
- dis-hearten,
- dis-heartened,
- dis-heartening,
- dis-heartens,
- dis-missed,
- dis-missing,
- dissed,
- disses,
- dissing,
- downcried,
- downcries,
- downcry,
- downcrying,
- put hooks in,
- puts hooks in.
- undervalue
- devalue
- criticize, blame
- belittle, ridicule
- take away a part; lessen
-
misestimate
- go wrong,
- overestimate,
- overvalue,
- Overvalued,
- Overvaluing,
- slip up,
- overestimated,
- overestimates,
- overvalues,
- overestimating,
- slipped up,
- slipping up,
- slips up,
- miscounting,
- miscounted,
- over-estimate,
- drop the ball,
- dropped ball,
- dis regard,
- dis regarded,
- dis regarding,
- dis regards,
- dis-regard,
- dis-regarded,
- dis-regarding,
- dis-regards,
- drop ball,
- dropped the ball,
- dropping ball,
- dropping the ball,
- drops ball,
- drops the ball,
- dropt ball,
- dropt the ball,
- gat signals crossed,
- get wrong,
- gets signals crossed,
- gets wrong,
- getting signals crossed,
- getting wrong,
- going wrong,
- got signals crossed,
- got wrong,
- gotten signals crossed,
- mis construe,
- mis construed,
- mis construing,
- mis counted,
- mis counts,
- mis estimate,
- mis estimated,
- mis estimates,
- mis estimating,
- mis interpreted,
- mis interpreting,
- mis interprets,
- mis read,
- mis reading,
- mis reads,
- mis reckon,
- mis reckoned,
- mis reckoning,
- mis understand,
- mis understanding,
- mis understands,
- mis understood,
- mis-construe,
- mis-construed,
- mis-construes,
- mis-construing,
- mis-counted,
- mis-counts,
- mis-estimate,
- mis-estimated,
- mis-estimates,
- mis-estimating,
- mis-interpreted,
- mis-interprets,
- mis-read,
- mis-reading,
- mis-reads,
- mis-reckon,
- mis-reckoned,
- mis-reckoning,
- mis-reckons,
- mis-understand,
- mis-understanding,
- miss by a mile,
- miss by mile,
- missed by a mile,
- missed by mile,
- misses by a mile,
- missing by a mile,
- missing by mile,
- over estimate,
- over estimated,
- over estimates,
- over estimating,
- over look,
- over looked,
- over looks,
- over rate,
- over rated,
- over rates,
- over rating,
- over value,
- over valued,
- over values,
- over valuing,
- over-estimated,
- over-estimates,
- over-estimating,
- over-look,
- over-looking,
- over-looks,
- over-rate,
- over-rated,
- over-rates,
- over-rating,
- over-value,
- over-valued,
- over-valuing,
- slipt up,
- went wrong.
- miscalculate
- criticize; detract from
- overstate, embellish
- minimize; rate too low
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.