Synonyms for Exaggerating

Synonyms for "exaggerating" (42 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

amplification ballyhoobig talkburlesque caricature dilation

Verb(3 words)

distortiondramatic emphasisembellishes

Strong matches (12)

Verb(2 words)

embellishing embellishment

enhancement enlargement excess exorbitance expansion extravagance extreme grandiloquence heightening huckstering

Related words (21)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries

communication actdescriptive qualitydescriptive termemphasislinguistic actoverstatementrhetorical deviceverbal act

More specific

11 entries

cartoonish exaggerationdramatic exaggerationdramatic metaphorexaggerated depictionexaggerated projectionsexcessive rhetorichyperbolic claimshyperbolic descriptionhyperbolic phrasinginflated estimatesstatistical exaggeration

Collocations

14 entries

dramatic exaggerationexaggerated claimsexaggerating claimexaggerating claimsexaggerating dataexaggerating effectsexaggerating factsexaggerating resultsexaggerating risksexaggerating trendsexaggeration biashyperbolic claimsinflated estimatesverbal exaggeration

Inflections

2 entries

exaggerated exaggerates

Derivations

6 entries

embellishment exaggerate exaggeration exaggerator exaggeratory overstatement

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You have a habit of exaggerating everything.

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You are exaggerating the problem.

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Aren't you exaggerating a bit?

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Bet without exaggerating.

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Exaggerating