It is no exaggeration to say that he is a first-rate writer.
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Exaggeration
//ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "exaggeration" (210 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (63)
exorbitancyexpansionexplosionexpression of ideasexpressionismextravaganceextravagancyextremeextremesextremismextremityfabulousnessfairy talefalse coloringfalse swearingfalsehoodfalsificationfalsifyingfalsityfarfetched story
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farragofashionfeeling for wordsfibfictionfish storyflamflight of fancyflimflamform of speechgarblingghost storygiantismgigantismgluttonygrace of expressiongrandiloquencehalf truthhalf-truthheating-upheighteninghucksteringhyperbolismhypertrophyimmoderacyimmoderatenessimmoderationinaccuracyincontinenceinflationinformation explosioninjusticeinordinacyinordinanceinordinatenessintemperanceintemperatenessintensificationinundationlegal fictionlieliterary style
Noun(1 words)
Related words (105)
litoteslittle white liemagnificationmannermanner of speakingmannerismmendacitymiscoloringmisconstructionmisdrawingmispaintingmisquotationmisreportmisrepresentationmisstatementmisteachingmodemode of expressionmonstrousnessnimiety
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nonrealismoutrageousnessoverappraisaloverassessmentovercalculationoverdevelopmentoverdrawingoveremphasisoverestimateoverestimationoverflowingovergreatnessovergrowthoverindulgenceoverkilloverlargenessovermuchovermuchnessoverpassoverratingoverreactionoverreckoningoverrunoverrunningoverspreadingovervaluationpeculiarityperjurypersonal styleperversionpickuppious fictionpopulation explosionprevaricationprodigalityradicalismredoublingreinforcementrhetoricromancesatiresensationalismsense of languageslantingslight stretchingspeedupstep upstep-upstorystrainstrainingstrengtheningstretchingstylestylistic analysisstylisticssuperioritysuperlativesurplustaletall storytall taletall talktaradiddlethe grand stylethe plain stylethe sublimetighteningtoo muchtoo-muchnesstravestytricktrumped-up storytwistingunconscionablenessunderstatementunduenessunreasonablenessunrestrainednessuntruthveinwaywhite lieyarn
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesderived
3 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 54 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπερβολή noun (act of exaggerating)
Arabic
1 entries- مُبَالَغَة noun (act of exaggerating)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- böyütmə noun (act of exaggerating)
- mübaliğə noun (act of exaggerating)
- şişirtmə noun (act of exaggerating)
Belarusian
4 entries- перабо́льшанне noun (act of exaggerating)
- перабо́льшванне noun (act of exaggerating)
- перавелічэ́нне noun (act of exaggerating)
- перавялі́чванне noun (act of exaggerating)
Bengali
1 entries- অতিরঞ্জন noun (act of exaggerating)
Bulgarian
1 entries- преувеличе́ние noun (act of exaggerating)
Catalan
1 entries- exageració noun (act of exaggerating)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 誇大 /夸大 noun (act of exaggerating)
- 誇張 /夸张 noun (act of exaggerating)
Czech
1 entries- přehánění noun (act of exaggerating)
Danish
1 entries- overdrivelse noun (act of exaggerating)
Dutch
1 entries- overdrijving noun (act of exaggerating)
Estonian
1 entries- liialdus noun (act of exaggerating)
Finnish
1 entries- liioittelu noun (act of exaggerating)
French
1 entries- exagération noun (act of exaggerating)
Galician
2 entries- esaxeración noun (act of exaggerating)
- exaxeración noun (act of exaggerating)
Georgian
3 entries- გადამეტება noun (act of exaggerating)
- გადიდება noun (act of exaggerating)
- გაზვიადება noun (act of exaggerating)
German
1 entries- Übertreibung noun (act of exaggerating)
Greek
1 entries- υπερβολή noun (act of exaggerating)
Gujarati
1 entries- અતિશયોક્તિ noun (act of exaggerating)
Hebrew
2 entries- הגזמה noun (act of exaggerating)
- ניפוח noun (act of exaggerating)
Hindi
1 entries- अतिशयोक्ति noun (act of exaggerating)
Hungarian
1 entries- túlzás noun (act of exaggerating)
Irish
2 entries- áibhéil noun (act of exaggerating)
- áiféis noun (act of exaggerating)
Italian
1 entries- esagerazione noun (act of exaggerating)
Ivatan
1 entries- kapanatun noun (act of exaggerating)
Japanese
3 entries- 誇大 noun (act of exaggerating)
- 誇張 noun (act of exaggerating)
- 過言 noun (act of exaggerating)
Kazakh
1 entries- әсірелеу noun (act of exaggerating)
Korean
1 entries- 과장 noun (act of exaggerating)
Ladino
1 entries- guzmá noun (act of exaggerating)
Latin
1 entries- superlātiō noun (act of exaggerating)
Lun Bawang
1 entries- foot noun (act of exaggerating)
Macedonian
2 entries- претерување noun (act of exaggerating)
- преувеличување noun (act of exaggerating)
Māori
1 entries- tahuperatanga noun (act of exaggerating)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- overdrivelse noun (act of exaggerating)
Occitan
1 entries- exageracion noun (act of exaggerating)
Old Irish
1 entries- spled noun (act of exaggerating)
Persian
2 entries- غلو noun (act of exaggerating)
- گترم noun (act of exaggerating)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Becht noun (act of exaggerating)
Polish
1 entries- przesada noun (act of exaggerating)
Portuguese
1 entries- exagero noun (act of exaggerating)
Romanian
1 entries- exagerare noun (act of exaggerating)
Russian
1 entries- преувеличе́ние noun (act of exaggerating)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pretiravanje noun (act of exaggerating)
- preuveličavanje noun (act of exaggerating)
- претеривање noun (act of exaggerating)
- преувеличавање noun (act of exaggerating)
Slovak
1 entries- preháňanie noun (act of exaggerating)
Slovene
1 entries- pretiravanje noun (act of exaggerating)
Spanish
1 entries- exageración noun (act of exaggerating)
Swedish
1 entries- överdrift noun (act of exaggerating)
Telugu
1 entries- అతిశయోక్తి noun (act of exaggerating)
Turkish
2 entries- abartı noun (act of exaggerating)
- mübalağa noun (act of exaggerating)
Ukrainian
2 entries- перебі́льшення noun (act of exaggerating)
- перебі́льшування noun (act of exaggerating)
Uyghur
1 entries- مۇبالىغە noun (act of exaggerating)
Uzbek
1 entries- mubolagʻa noun (act of exaggerating)
Volapük
1 entries- tuükam noun (act of exaggerating)
Yoruba
2 entries- àsọdùn noun (act of exaggerating)
- àwídùn noun (act of exaggerating)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He has a tendency toward exaggeration.
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It is no exaggeration to say that he is a genius.
Source: tatoeba (301762)
It is no exaggeration to call him a genius.
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