Exaggerate

/ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/

Synonyms for "exaggerate" (245 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Verb(14 words)

magnify overstate aggrandized aggrandizes amplify bragged broider caricatured dramatise dramatize embellish embellished embellishes embroider

accelerate aggrandize aggravate amplify ballyhoobe untruthfulbeef upbelie blowblow upbuild upburlesque camouflage camp caricaturecarry too farcolor complicate concentrate condense

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consolidate deceive deepen disguise distort doubledraw the longbowembellish embroider

Noun(6 words)

balloons bloats burlesques caricatures caricaturing embellishing

Strong matches (74)

Noun(13 words)

embroidering emote fibs gasconade ham hamming hypes inflating legend magnifying masquerading muckraking overacting

Verb(18 words)

emoted emotionalizes fabricate giganticize glamorize hammed hype hyperbolise hyperbolize inflate inflates lionized magnified magnifies misrepresent monumentalize overacted overacts

enhance enlarge equivocate exacerbate exceed exhaust falsify fib fudge garblego beyondgo overboardgo to extremesgo too farheat upheightenhop uphot uphyperbolize idealize

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intensifyjazz upkey upknow no boundslay it onlay it on thicklielie flatlymagnify makemake complexmake much ofmaximize miscolor mislead misquote misreport misrepresent misstate misteach overact overappraise

Adjective(1 words)

inflated

Related words (122)

overassess overcalculate overcarry overcharge overcount overdevelop overdo overdraw overdrive overelaborate overemphasize overesteem overestimate overexercise overexert overexpend overgo overindulge overjump overlabor

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overleap overmeasure overpaint overpass overplay overpraise overprize overrate overreach overreactoverreact tooverreckon overrun oversell overshootovershoot the fieldovershoot the markoverspeak overspend overstate overstep overstrain overstress overstride overstudy overtask overtax overtrain overuse overvalue overwork pad parodypass all boundspervert pilepile it onprevaricateprotest too muchpuff ramify redouble reinforce romance romanticize sharpen slantsoup upspeak falselystep upstory strengthen stretchstretch the truthsuperabound talktalk bigtalk in superlativestell a lietout travesty triple twist understate warp whet wrench

Verb(22 words)

overcompensated overcompensates overcooks overdid overdo overdoes overdraw overemphasized overemphasizes overestimates overplayed overplays overrates overreached overreacted oversellsoverstate to some extentoverstated overstatespolarize opinions

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slathered stylised

Noun(10 words)

overdoing overplaying overrating overreacting overstatingstory featurestretching trumpeting yarnszoo ape

Adjective(3 words)

overdone overrated overweening

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More general

7 entries

distort do embellish emphasize make misinform mislead

More specific

6 entries

dramatize eventsembellish narrativefabricate detailsinflate numbersmisrepresent dataoverstate risk

Collocations

5 entries

exaggerate the claimexaggerate the factsexaggerate the riskexaggerate the sizeexaggerated claim

Inflections

3 entries

exaggerated exaggerates exaggerating

Derivations

4 entries

exaggerated exaggeratedly exaggeration exaggerator

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of education.

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

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The old man tends to exaggerate.

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The agitator is inclined to exaggerate trivial matters.

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