Exaggerate Synonyms and Antonyms
ĭg-zăjə-rāt
To make (something) seem greater than is actually the case
(Verb)
Synonyms:
- overstate
- magnify
- inflate
- hyperbolize
- amplify
- overdo
- distort
- embellish
- overdraw
- embroider
- color
- overcharge
- fabricate
- misrepresent
- overestimate
- falsify
- expand
- heighten
- intensify
- enlarge on
- stretch
- stretch-the-truth
- overemphasize
- go to extremes
- give color to
- elaborate
- romance
- romanticize
- boast
- pretty-up
- make too much of
- build up
- brag
- blow up
- overreach
- overcolor
- lie
- misquote
- misreport
- caricature
- burlesque
- draw the longbow
- paint in glowing colors
- sling the bull
- carry too far
- lay it on
- lay-it-on-thick
- enhance
- lay it on with a trowel
- make-a-mountain-out-of-a-molehill
- play up
- enlarge
- make a big deal of
- blow up out of all proportion
- overspend
- overassess
- malinger
- hyperbolise
- overcalculate
- overexpend
- overtrain
- overprize
Antonyms:
- minimize
- understate
- tell-the-truth
- play down
- reduce
- depreciate
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
- amplificatory
- bizarre
- eccentric
- exaggerated
- exaggerative
- extravagant
- fustian
- histrionic
- hyperbolic
- megalomaniac
- melodramatic
- mythomaniac
- overweening
Synonyms:
(Noun)
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