What is another word for embellishment?
319 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɛmbˈɛlɪʃmənt], [ ɛmbˈɛlɪʃmənt], [ ɛ_m_b_ˈɛ_l_ɪ_ʃ_m_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for embellishment:- act (noun)
- adornment (noun)
- beautification; decorating (noun)
- exaggeration (noun)
- figure (noun)
- fish story (noun)
- hyperbole (noun)
- improvement (noun)
- knickknack (noun)
- molding (noun)
- ornament (noun)
- ornate speech or writing (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- overestimation (noun)
- overstatement (noun)
- trappings (noun)
- trimming (noun)
- other synonyms
- decoration
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Embellishment:
n.
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- overlay,
- Patterning.
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- content,
- ad lib,
- denouement,
- aside,
- contrivance,
- action,
- the credits,
- act,
- beautiful,
- comic relief,
- backstory.
- exaggeration,
- gingerbread,
- elaboration,
- flowery speech,
- fuss,
- hyperbole,
- garnish,
- Froufrou,
- gilding,
- ostentation,
- overstatement,
- Floridity,
- icing on the cake,
- Embroidering,
- enhancement,
- decoration,
- doodad,
- coloring,
- embroidery.
- trumpedup story,
- incredible stories,
- trumpedup stories,
- cock and bull story,
- farfetched stories,
- trumped-up stories,
- trumped up stories,
- fish-story.
- embroiderings,
- hyper bole,
- hyper boles,
- co-loring,
- laying on thick,
- mountain out molehill,
- hyper-boles,
- co loring,
- co-lorings,
- laying thick,
- co lorings,
- laying it thick,
- hyper-bole.
- furtherance,
- correction,
- gain,
- advancement,
- betterment,
- progression,
- improvement,
- refinement,
- renovation.
- grandiloquence,
- ponderousness,
- elaborateness,
- fanciness,
- loftiness,
- rhetoric,
- opulence,
- Floweriness,
- ornateness,
- richness,
- showiness,
- volubility,
- inflatedness,
- splashiness,
- flamboyance,
- bravado,
- double talk,
- bombast,
- eloquence.
- Re-presentation,
- trumped-up story,
- floss,
- motifs,
- farfetched story,
- friezes,
- trimming,
- knickknack,
- adornment,
- incredible story,
- flourish,
- trumped up story,
- tall story,
- enrichment,
- architectural ornament,
- furbelows,
- fish story,
- gildings,
- Effigies,
- trim,
- PRS,
- fandangle,
- rickrack,
- ornamentation,
- Garnishment,
- mountain out of molehill,
- Garniture,
- trimmings,
- jazz,
- laying it on thick,
- pipings,
- frill,
- figure,
- trappings,
- furbelow,
- beautification,
- molding,
- ornament,
- frieze,
- flosses.
Other synonyms:
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- doily,
- boss,
- woodcarving,
- scroll,
- detailing,
- fretwork,
- daisy chain,
- stencil,
- green,
- marquetry,
- inlay,
- brass,
- streamer,
- glitter,
- decal,
- wind chimes,
- decor,
- border,
- festoon,
- fob,
- curlicue.
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- accessory.
- embellish,
- abate,
- addition,
- caparison,
- purple passage,
- fringe,
- cadence,
- enlargement,
- ricrac,
- tchotchke,
- empty talk,
- luxury,
- colouring,
- deck out,
- gewgaw,
- run,
- architecture,
- envelop,
- boastfulness,
- adjunct,
- cut,
- frills,
- Bedizenment,
- rodomontade,
- bragging,
- curtail,
- acciaccatura,
- lushness,
- figure of speech,
- development,
- flower arrangement,
- bull,
- tautology,
- overlap,
- grace note,
- elegant variation,
- bells and whistles,
- Purfling,
- grace,
- tinsel,
- drape,
- hem,
- enrich,
- condense,
- adorn,
- bind,
- superfluity,
- inflation,
- arabesque,
- frou-frou,
- seasoning,
- bury,
- bauble,
- confine,
- beauties,
- prolixity,
- exaltation,
- decorative,
- arrangement,
- excess,
- enclose,
- Ornature,
- Pralltriller,
- clothe,
- dress,
- amelioration,
- window dressing,
- coloratura,
- fancywork,
- cosmetic,
- turn,
- padding,
- piping,
- overemphasis,
- filling,
- magniloquence,
- color patterns,
- romanticization,
- maturation,
- over-decoration,
- decorate,
- superfluousness,
- redundancy,
- roulade,
- passage,
- melioration,
- fioritura,
- lighten,
- hot air,
- luxuriance,
- paraphernalia,
- comprise,
- jewelry,
- curb,
- pleonasm,
- accompaniment,
- color,
- boule,
- frippery,
- appoggiatura,
- ripening,
- brighten,
- buhl,
- beautify,
- featherbedding,
- Emblazonry,
- magnification,
- Emblazonment,
- edging,
- stretch,
- Embellisher,
- evolution,
- Beautifier,
- shorten,
- encompass,
- floridness,
- Puffery,
- knick-knack,
- duplication,
- fat,
- perfection,
- extra,
- cover,
- verbosity,
- foofaraw,
- do up,
- colors,
- doll up,
- cuspidation,
- flight,
- trapping,
- incidental,
- redundance,
- boasting,
- gasconade,
- mordent,
- division,
- cadenza,
- needlessness,
- filigree,
- Unnecessariness,
- extravagance,
- expletive.
Paraphrases for Embellishment:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
ornament, decoration.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
beautification.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Embellishment:
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n.
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beautification; decorating
plainness, simplification, spoliation, disfigurement, injury.
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Other antonyms:
meiosis, understatement, stain, disparagement, minimizing, defacement, blot, belittlement, scar, spot.
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beautification; decorating
Homophones for Embellishment:
Hypernym for Embellishment:
n.
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artifact
cuspidation, fillagree, filigree, buhl, flourish, boulle, boule, vermiculation, festoon, filagree.
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artifact
Hyponym for Embellishment:
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act
decoration.
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artifact
ornament, ornamentation, decoration.
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communication
enlargement, expansion, elaboration.
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act