Exaggerate

//ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt//

Synonyms for "exaggerate" (178 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Strong matches (53)

Verb(2 words)
hyperbolisemagnify

Related words (89)

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4 entries

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1 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

9 entries

related to

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Translations

68 translations across 44 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • teproj verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • zmadhoj verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Arabic

1 entries
  • بَالَغَ verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • mübaliğə etmək verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • şişirtmək verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • арттырыу verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • преувеличавам verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Catalan

1 entries
  • exagerar verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 誇大 /夸大 verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • 誇張 /夸张 verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Czech

1 entries
  • přehánět verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Danish

1 entries
  • overdrive verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Dutch

1 entries
  • overdrijven verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • troigi verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Finnish

1 entries
  • liioitella verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

French

2 entries
  • exagérer verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • outrer verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Galician

1 entries
  • esaxerar verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გადაჭარბება verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • გაზვიადება verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

German

1 entries
  • übertreiben verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Greek

4 entries
  • μεγαλοποιώ verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • παρακάνω verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • παραφουσκώνω verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • υπερβάλλω verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • hoʻonui ʻōlelo verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הגזים verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • eltúloz verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • túloz verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • yfirdrífa verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • ýkja verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • melebih-lebihkan verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • membesar-besarkan verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Italian

1 entries
  • esagerare verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Ivatan

1 entries
  • mapanatun verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 大袈裟に言う verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • 誇張する verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Korean

2 entries
  • 과대시하다 verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • 과장하다 verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Latin

1 entries
  • verbīs augeō verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Lun Bawang

1 entries
  • mefoot verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • преувеличува verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Māori

3 entries
  • hau pirau verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • tahupera verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • whakamōmona kōrero verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • overdrive verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • overdrive verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • ta i verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Persian

2 entries
  • اغراق کردن verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • گزاف گفتن verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Polish

2 entries
  • przesadzać verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • wyolbrzymiać verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • exagerar verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Quechua

1 entries
  • anchachay verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Romanian

1 entries
  • exagera verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Russian

3 entries
  • преувели́чивать verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • преувели́чить verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • утри́ровать verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Spanish

1 entries
  • exagerar verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Swedish

2 entries
  • ta i verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • överdriva verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • magpalaki verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • palakihin verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Turkish

2 entries
  • abartmak verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • mübalağa etmek verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • перебі́льшити verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)
  • перебі́льшувати verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Volapük

1 entries
  • tuükön verb (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of education.

Source: tatoeba (19126)

Don't take it literally. He is inclined to exaggerate.

Source: tatoeba (41568)

The old man tends to exaggerate.

Source: tatoeba (43399)

The agitator is inclined to exaggerate trivial matters.

Source: tatoeba (45723)

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