Synonyms and Antonyms of understated
not excessively showy
- the actor's understated interpretation of the lead role is surprisingly compelling
conservative, low-key (also low-keyed), muted, quiet, repressed, restrained, sober, subdued, toned-down, unflashy, unpretentious
appropriate, becoming, fit, fitting, proper, suitable
modest, plain, simple, unadorned, undecorated
inconspicuous, unnoticeable, unobtrusive
graceful, handsome, refined, tasteful
drab, mousy (or mousey)
practical, sensible
meretricious
graceless, inelegant, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, trashy, vulgar
baroque, fancy, frilly, gilded (or gilt), ornate, rococo
overdecorated, overdone, overwrought
flamboyant, flaring, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, loud, noisy, ostentatious, razzle-dazzle, splashy, swank (or swanky)
