/ Thesaurus / U Synonyms of understatement Find synonyms for: Noun1. understatement, statementusage: a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been saidWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: inutiae Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language