All understatement synonyms

noun understatement

• echoism — onomatopoeia.
• asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
• anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
• figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
• dryness — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
• antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
• litotes — understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
• alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
• aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
• metonymies — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
• metonymy — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
• malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
• onomatopoeia — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
• adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
• euphemism — A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
• apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
• ellipsis — The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
• anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.