Exaggeration

/ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/

Synonyms for "exaggeration" (238 found)

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Noun(9 words)

hyperbole overstatement magnification aggrandizing ballyhoo ballyhooing bazillions caricaturing dramatization

abandon abstractionism accelerando acceleration affectation aggrandizement aggravation amplification ballyhoo beefing-upbig talkblagueblowing upblowup boundlessness burlesque caricaturecock-and-bull storycoloringcommand of language

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concentration condensation confabulation consolidation deepening deformation dilation distortion egregiousness embellishment enhancement enlargement enormousness equivocation exacerbation excess excessiveness exorbitance exorbitancy

Strong matches (71)

expansion explosionexpression of ideasexpressionism extravagance extravagancy extreme extremes extremism extremity fabulousnessfairy talefalse coloringfalse swearingfalsehood falsification falsifying falsityfarfetched storyfarrago

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fashionfeeling for wordsfib fictionfish storyflamflight of fancyflimflamform of speechgarblingghost storygiantism gigantism gluttonygrace of expressiongrandiloquencehalf truthhalf-truth heating-up heightening huckstering hyperbole hypertrophy immoderacy immoderateness immoderation inaccuracy incontinence inflationinformation explosioninjustice inordinacy inordinance inordinateness intemperance intemperateness intensification inundationlegal fictionlieliterary stylelitotes

Adjective(2 words)

extreme chaosgraphical exaggeration

Noun(7 words)

hugeness hype hyperbolism hypericism hypes hyping inflation

Related words (119)

little white liemagnification mannermanner of speakingmannerism mendacity miscoloring misconstruction misdrawing mispainting misquotation misreport misrepresentation misstatement misteaching modemode of expressionmonstrousness nimiety nonrealism

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outrageousness overappraisal overassessment overcalculation overdevelopment overdrawing overemphasis overestimate overestimation overflowing overgreatness overgrowth overindulgence overkill overlargeness overmuch overmuchness overpass overrating overreaction overreckoning overrun overrunning overspreading overstatement overvaluation peculiarity perjurypersonal styleperversion pickuppious fictionpopulation explosionprevarication prodigality radicalism redoubling reinforcement rhetoric romance satire sensationalismsense of languageslantingslight stretchingspeedupstep upstep-up story strain straining strengthening stretching stylestylistic analysisstylistics superiority superlative surplus taletall storytall taletall talktaradiddlethe grand stylethe plain stylethe sublimetighteningtoo muchtoo-muchness travesty tricktrumped-up storytwisting unconscionableness understatement undueness unreasonableness unrestrainedness untruth vein waywhite lieyarn

Noun(12 words)

monstrosities overacting overdoing overemphasizing overestimating overplaying overreactions overselling overstatements overstating sensationalism tales

Verb(3 words)

overplays overrates oversells

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More general

15 entries

communication practicedata distortiondeceit deception figurefigure of speechimage increaselinguistic devicelinguistic phenomenonmisrepresentationrhetorical devicestatistical biasstep-up trope

More specific

7 entries

grandiose claimhyperboleinflated claiminflated effectironic exaggerationoversized resultoverstated claim

Collocations

6 entries

exaggeration in datahyperbolic phrasingoverstatement in writingpolitical exaggerationrhetorical exaggerationverbal exaggeration

Inflections

1 entries

exaggerations

Sample sentences

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It is no exaggeration to say that he is a first-rate writer.

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He has a tendency toward exaggeration.

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It is no exaggeration to say that he is a genius.

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It is no exaggeration to call him a genius.

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