What is another word for exaggerate?
Pronunciation:
[ ɛɡzˈad͡ʒəɹˌe͡ɪt], [ ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt], [ ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈa_dʒ_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]
Related words: exaggeration, exaggerate verb, exaggerating a point, exaggerating the truth, hyperbole, exaggeration synonyms
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Similar words for exaggerate:
- blow up (noun)
- exaggerate (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- overdraw (noun)
- aggravate (verb)
- amplify (verb)
- blow up (verb)
- boast (verb)
- communication (verb)
- dramatize (verb)
- embellish (verb)
- emote (verb)
- enhance (verb)
- enlarge (verb)
- exaggerate (verb)
- falsify (verb)
- increase (verb)
- inflate (verb)
- intensify (verb)
- lie (verb)
- misconstrue (verb)
- misrepresent (verb)
- misrepresent/misquote (verb)
- overdo (verb)
- overestimate (verb)
- overplay (verb)
- overrate (verb)
- overstate, embellish (verb)
- parody (verb)
- prevaricate (verb)
- raise (verb)
- simulate (verb)
- other synonyms
- aggravate
- blow up
- boast
- dramatize
- express emotion
- increase
- misrepresent
- other relevant words
- overdo
- overplay
- prevaricate
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Exaggerate:
n.
• blow up (noun)- blow.
v.
• aggravate (verb)- ex acerbates,
- in-flamed,
- ex-acerbating,
- ex acerbated,
- in-flaming,
- ex-acerbated,
- in flame,
- ex acerbate,
- in flaming,
- in-flames,
- ex-acerbate,
- ex acerbating,
- ex-acerbates,
- in-flame,
- in flamed.
- ex tends,
- jacks up,
- ex-tended,
- ex-tending,
- hiked up,
- pyramidded,
- ex tended,
- pyramidding,
- fleshes out,
- ex tend,
- hiking up,
- ex tending,
- souping up,
- ex-tends,
- soups up,
- jacking up,
- ex-tend,
- jacked up,
- hikes up.
- over state,
- over-stated,
- over-state,
- over stated,
- over stating,
- over-stating,
- over-states,
- over states.
- cock-a-doodle-dooing,
- talking big,
- blow one horn,
- blow one own horn,
- cock a doodle doo,
- gives a good account oneself,
- grand-standing,
- sounded off,
- gives good account of oneself,
- talked big,
- showboated,
- blew smoke,
- talks big,
- flatters oneself,
- hugged oneself,
- laying on thick,
- congratulates oneself,
- hugging oneself,
- gives a good account of oneself,
- attracted attention,
- cock-a-doodle-dooed,
- giving a good account oneself,
- gives good account oneself,
- gave a good account oneself,
- gave good account oneself,
- sounds off,
- gave good account of oneself,
- congratulated oneself,
- lays on thick,
- flattering oneself,
- grand stands,
- blow ones own horn,
- giving good account oneself,
- lay thick,
- cock a doodle dooing,
- give good account of oneself,
- giving good account of oneself,
- blow own horn,
- grand-stands,
- cock a doodle doos,
- laying thick,
- give good account oneself,
- blow ones horn,
- sounding off,
- lays thick,
- give a good account oneself,
- blows smoke,
- congratulating oneself,
- blowing smoke,
- laid thick,
- hugs oneself,
- gave a good account of oneself,
- attracting attention,
- cock a doodle dooed,
- attracts attention,
- grand stand,
- grand standing,
- giving a good account of oneself,
- flattered oneself.
- made a production of,
- makes production of,
- melodramatizes,
- farcializing,
- played heartstrings,
- gives color to,
- plays on heartstrings,
- play gallery,
- plays heartstrings,
- plays to gallery,
- playing to gallery,
- laid it on,
- lays it on,
- made production of,
- pre-sent,
- laying it on,
- pro-duces,
- played to gallery,
- pre-sents,
- farcialized,
- makes a production of,
- pro duce,
- make production of,
- making a production of,
- playing on heartstrings,
- playing gallery,
- gave color to,
- farcializes,
- playing heartstrings,
- played gallery,
- making production of,
- melodramatized,
- pre sent,
- tragedizing,
- tragedizes,
- play heartstrings,
- melodramatizing,
- tragedized,
- plays gallery,
- played on heartstrings,
- pro duces,
- giving color to.
- be deck,
- gave details,
- be decked,
- gives details,
- Emblazing,
- be-decks,
- co-loring,
- adds bells whistles,
- giving details,
- co loring,
- be-decked,
- be-decking,
- Emblazed,
- gussying up,
- be decking,
- emblazes,
- spiffs up,
- be decks,
- be-deck,
- spiffing up,
- adds bells and whistles.
- over acts,
- over-acting,
- over dramatizing,
- overdramatizing,
- over act,
- over dramatizes,
- over-acted,
- over dramatize,
- over acting,
- over-acts,
- over-act,
- over-dramatizing,
- over dramatized,
- overdramatizes,
- over-dramatize,
- over-dramatized,
- over-dramatizes,
- over acted.
- dis tend,
- slapping on,
- multi plying,
- dis-tends,
- multi-plying,
- makes larger,
- up-surging,
- up surged,
- up-surged,
- slaps on,
- dis tends,
- dis-tending,
- up-surge,
- up surges,
- up surge,
- multi-plied,
- dis tended,
- grows larger,
- dis tending,
- making larger,
- jazzed up,
- grew larger,
- up surging,
- dis-tended,
- jazzes up,
- dis-tend,
- up-surges,
- growing larger,
- jazzing up.
- four flushed,
- dis torts,
- fourflushes,
- dis-tort,
- co-oked,
- fourflushed,
- trumping up,
- faking it,
- mis stated,
- be lying,
- phonying up,
- dis-torts,
- co-oking,
- mis-stating,
- mis-state,
- faked it,
- mis-stated,
- mis stating,
- phonies up,
- fakes it,
- co oking,
- mis-states,
- four flushing,
- co oked,
- put an act,
- fourflush,
- pro moting,
- phonied up,
- fourflushing,
- framing up,
- four-flushes,
- be-lied,
- be-lying,
- trumps up,
- dis tort,
- pro-motes,
- pro-moting,
- put act,
- be lied,
- deaconed,
- four flushes,
- mis states,
- frames up,
- deaconing,
- mis state,
- pro-mote,
- four-flushed.
- in-creases,
- re-doubled,
- tacked on,
- pro long,
- in creasing,
- pro-tract,
- pro-longing,
- in-creasing,
- in-crease,
- re doubles,
- pro longs,
- pro-longed,
- re-doubles,
- re doubling,
- pro-tracts,
- re-doubling,
- re double,
- in creases,
- re doubled,
- marks up,
- tacks on,
- in creased,
- in-creased,
- in crease,
- re-double,
- pro longing,
- pro-longs,
- tacking on,
- pro tracts,
- pro-long,
- pro tract.
- over estimating,
- sur-charged,
- over-estimates,
- over-estimating,
- sur charge,
- sur-charges,
- over estimated,
- sur-charging,
- pumps up,
- over estimate,
- sur charges,
- over estimates,
- swelled up,
- puffs up,
- swells up,
- sur-charge,
- over-estimated,
- sur charging,
- sur charged.
- mis-informs,
- misinstructs,
- over draws,
- wert untruthful,
- mis guiding,
- dis-simulates,
- mis-guides,
- put up front,
- are untruthful,
- broke promise,
- mis-instruct,
- mis instruct,
- dis-simulated,
- in-vents,
- being untruthful,
- softsoaps,
- over draw,
- softsoaping,
- brake promise,
- mis informed,
- misspoke,
- mis spoken,
- dis simulating,
- over drawn,
- mis-guided,
- mis-spoken,
- am untruthful,
- mis-instructing,
- puts a front,
- over-drawn,
- mis speaking,
- putting up front,
- wast untruthful,
- Overdrew,
- dis-simulating,
- in-vent,
- mis lead,
- over drawing,
- breaking promise,
- bears false witness,
- mis guides,
- dis simulates,
- bare false witness,
- bore false witness,
- mis instructed,
- be-guiles,
- in-venting,
- puts up front,
- de-ludes,
- mis-speak,
- in-vented,
- mis-guiding,
- dis simulate,
- put a front,
- putting a front,
- mis-leading,
- mis-instructs,
- dis-simulate,
- in vent,
- mis-informing,
- be guiles,
- be guile,
- putting up a front,
- beared false witness,
- put front,
- mis-speaks,
- over-draw,
- overdraws,
- phonying,
- mis-speaking,
- over-draws,
- mis leading,
- BSED,
- in vents,
- strung along,
- BSES,
- puts front,
- mis-lead,
- art untruthful,
- were untruthful,
- mis-inform,
- softsoaped,
- softsoap,
- bsing,
- over-drawing,
- mis inform,
- soft-soaps,
- mis-guide,
- be-guile,
- mis speaks,
- de-lude,
- de ludes,
- phonied,
- putting front,
- in vented,
- mis instructs,
- over drew,
- mis instructing,
- dis simulated,
- mis informing,
- soft soaped,
- soft soaping,
- mis speak,
- mis spoke,
- misguides,
- mis informs,
- puts up a front,
- over-drew,
- mis-spoke,
- is untruthful,
- mis-informed,
- mis guide,
- mis-instructed,
- breaks promise,
- in venting,
- mis-leads,
- misinstructing,
- de lude.
- mis construe,
- mis-conceive,
- mis-conceived,
- took wrong way,
- taking wrong way,
- mis read,
- mis construed,
- mis take,
- mis interprets,
- mis interpreting,
- mis-apprehends,
- mis-reading,
- mis conceived,
- mis translated,
- mis judged,
- mis taking,
- mis taken,
- mis-translate,
- mis-construed,
- mis conceiving,
- mis reading,
- mis-apprehending,
- mis reads,
- mis translate,
- mis took,
- mis apprehending,
- mis-reads,
- mis construing,
- mis translates,
- mis-translated,
- mis-taking,
- mis translating,
- mis conceive,
- mis judging,
- mis-takes,
- mis judges,
- mistranslating,
- mis-apprehended,
- mis-judged,
- mis-interprets,
- mis apprehend,
- takes wrong way,
- took the wrong way,
- mis-interpreted,
- mis conceives,
- mis-judging,
- mis apprehends,
- take wrong way,
- mis interpreted,
- mis-understanding,
- mis-take,
- mis-judges,
- mis understanding,
- mis-apprehend,
- mis interpret,
- mis-translates,
- takes the wrong way,
- mis construes,
- mis-translating,
- mis-understands,
- mis understands,
- mis understood,
- mis-understood,
- mis-interpreting,
- mis-took,
- mis-read,
- taking the wrong way,
- mis-interpret,
- mis understand,
- mis-conceives,
- mis-construe,
- mis takes,
- mis-construing,
- mis-conceiving,
- mis apprehended,
- mis-construes,
- mis-understand.
- fake,
- lampoon,
- counterfeit,
- satirize,
- spoof.
- mis color,
- mis reports,
- throws a curve,
- takes out context,
- mis represented,
- mis-quote,
- spreading on,
- mis coloring,
- threw a curve,
- mis quotes,
- dis-guised,
- mis quoting,
- taking out context,
- mis-quoting,
- gave snow job,
- threw curve,
- mis colored,
- mis-reports,
- mis quoted,
- mis reported,
- dis-guise,
- miscolors,
- mis representing,
- mis reporting,
- mis-color,
- mis-colored,
- took out of context,
- mis-representing,
- spreads it on,
- mis-coloring,
- mis represents,
- mis colors,
- throwing a curve,
- take out context,
- mis-reporting,
- throwing curve,
- mis report,
- dis guising,
- spreading it on,
- takes out of context,
- throw curve,
- mis-quoted,
- dis guised,
- gives snow job,
- mis-represents,
- dis-guises,
- mis-quotes,
- dis-guising,
- giving snow job,
- dis guise,
- mis quote,
- miscolored,
- dis guises,
- mis-reported,
- taking out of context,
- throws curve,
- spreads on,
- took out context,
- misreports,
- mis-represented,
- mis-colors.
- doest to death,
- went overboard,
- over burden,
- art intemperate,
- over valued,
- going too far,
- not know when stop,
- did to death,
- does death,
- ran into the ground,
- over-worked,
- over tiring,
- ran in to the ground,
- over loads,
- is intemperate,
- made federal case,
- over done,
- makes federal case,
- over-tiring,
- over-used,
- strained oneself,
- over-doing,
- over-tax,
- over reaching,
- bit off too much,
- over-burdens,
- over value,
- over-tires,
- being intemperate,
- doeth death,
- over taxing,
- do death,
- over using,
- wore oneself out,
- are intemperate,
- runs into the ground,
- over indulged,
- over indulging,
- drove oneself,
- over-taxing,
- doing death,
- goes too far,
- over-burdened,
- strains oneself,
- over loading,
- be labor,
- over-working,
- wearing oneself out,
- over tired,
- over-burdening,
- running into the ground,
- ran into ground,
- be labors,
- over reach,
- over-reaches,
- over-load,
- over-work,
- over-value,
- over-taxes,
- over-loading,
- bit too much,
- over did,
- over tax,
- over-valued,
- run in to the ground,
- over-loaded,
- over reached,
- did death,
- over-loads,
- drave oneself,
- piles on,
- bite too much,
- over-indulges,
- runs into ground,
- drives oneself,
- doth to death,
- ran in to ground,
- over working,
- doth death,
- over works,
- over indulge,
- piled on,
- over values,
- doest death,
- wears oneself out,
- over-reaching,
- over loaded,
- over-taxed,
- be-labored,
- over-indulge,
- over-indulged,
- be-laboring,
- be laboring,
- making federal case,
- running in to ground,
- running in to the ground,
- over-valuing,
- dost death,
- over-does,
- over tires,
- overtires,
- over-values,
- over-using,
- over burdening,
- over-reach,
- biting too much,
- was intemperate,
- overtiring,
- over does,
- over used,
- over reaches,
- wast intemperate,
- over-works,
- over-tire,
- goes overboard,
- over valuing,
- over load,
- bites off too much,
- over tire,
- over work,
- running into ground,
- run into ground,
- does to death,
- runs in to the ground,
- over indulges,
- were intemperate,
- going overboard,
- over taxed,
- over-indulging,
- dost to death,
- be-labors,
- over worked,
- biting off too much,
- bites too much,
- hyping,
- didst death,
- be labored,
- over-tired,
- runs in to ground,
- over-did,
- doing to death,
- over burdens,
- over taxes,
- be-labor,
- driving oneself,
- run in to ground,
- over burdened,
- wert intemperate,
- over doing,
- doeth to death,
- over-done,
- straining oneself,
- didst to death.
- laid it thick,
- got carried away,
- over emphasizes,
- gotten carried away,
- blows out of proportion,
- over emphasized,
- over-stresses,
- laid it on thick,
- over played,
- blew out of proportion,
- over-emphasizing,
- labored at,
- blows out proportion,
- over stresses,
- over plays,
- laboring at,
- over stress,
- over-emphasized,
- over-emphasizes,
- labors at,
- blowing out proportion,
- over stressed,
- laying it thick,
- blowing out of proportion,
- over-stressed,
- over emphasize,
- over-play,
- over stressing,
- over emphasizing,
- pointed up,
- lays it thick,
- blew out proportion,
- blow out proportion,
- over-stressing,
- getting carried away,
- over-playing,
- over-plays,
- over-stress,
- overstresses,
- gat carried away,
- lay it thick,
- over playing,
- over play,
- gets carried away,
- points up,
- over-played,
- lays it on thick.
- over assessing,
- overreckons,
- over assess,
- over-rates,
- over-reckon,
- over-esteeming,
- over-rated,
- over-reckoned,
- over-praises,
- overprizes,
- over esteem,
- over-esteemed,
- makes too much of,
- Overselling,
- over assesses,
- made too much of,
- rated too highly,
- over reckoning,
- overprized,
- assesses too highly,
- over sell,
- over esteemed,
- over rates,
- overesteeming,
- over prize,
- over-selling,
- over-reckons,
- over reckoned,
- over rating,
- overesteemed,
- over prized,
- over praised,
- over-sell,
- over-praise,
- over sells,
- over-prizes,
- over-esteem,
- over-sells,
- expects too much of,
- over praising,
- over esteems,
- over-sold,
- over praises,
- over prizes,
- thought too much of,
- overreckoned,
- over prizing,
- over-rating,
- over-assessing,
- over-assesses,
- over-praising,
- thinks too highly of,
- expecting too much of,
- overassesses,
- thinks too much of,
- over assessed,
- over-reckoning,
- assessed too highly,
- over-prizing,
- rating too highly,
- over rate,
- over-prized,
- over-esteems,
- overassessing,
- thought too highly of,
- thinking too much of,
- over praise,
- over-praised,
- making too much of,
- overassessed,
- overesteems,
- expected too much of,
- over selling,
- thinking too highly of,
- over sold,
- over-prize,
- over rated,
- over reckons,
- oversells,
- rates too highly,
- over reckon,
- assessing too highly,
- over-assess,
- over esteeming,
- over-assessed.
- did a takeoff of,
- sending up,
- de-rides,
- doest a takeoff of,
- doth takeoff of,
- de-ride,
- de-riding,
- do takeoff of,
- dost a takeoff of,
- doest takeoff of,
- poking fun at,
- didst takeoff of,
- doing takeoff of,
- does a takeoff of,
- dost takeoff of,
- doth a takeoff of,
- didst a takeoff of,
- sheiking,
- doeth a takeoff of,
- de riding,
- doeth takeoff of,
- de rides,
- did takeoff of,
- does takeoff of,
- de ride,
- doing a takeoff of,
- sheiked.
- beats around bush,
- beats around the bush,
- begged question,
- begs the question,
- begs question,
- begged the question,
- beg question,
- begging question,
- beating around bush.
- fetching up,
- ran up,
- send through roof,
- sends through the roof,
- running up,
- gooses up,
- jumped up,
- congressing,
- sent through the roof,
- jumping up,
- fetches up,
- sending through the roof,
- sent through roof,
- sends through roof,
- shoots up,
- sending through roof,
- jumps up,
- goosed up,
- goosing up,
- fetched up.
- didst take off,
- doeth a take-off,
- doest takeoff,
- does like,
- does a take off,
- re-plicating,
- did a takeoff,
- does a take-off,
- dost takeoff,
- doeth take off,
- dost take-off,
- didst a takeoff,
- did like,
- acting like,
- dost like,
- doest take-off,
- doeth take-off,
- re produced,
- do a take off,
- doth a takeoff,
- does a takeoff,
- re-producing,
- doing take-off,
- doest a take-off,
- dost a take off,
- didst like,
- doest like,
- dost a take-off,
- dost a takeoff,
- re produces,
- doeth takeoff,
- does take-off,
- doing takeoff,
- dost take off,
- didst a take-off,
- doing a take off,
- doth like,
- does takeoff,
- glossing over,
- didst a take off,
- re plicating,
- doeth like,
- didst take-off,
- acted like,
- did a take-off,
- doth a take off,
- do take-off,
- doth take off,
- doth a take-off,
- glosses over,
- doth takeoff,
- re-plicate,
- does take off,
- re plicates,
- doth take-off,
- re-plicates,
- didst takeoff,
- acts like,
- do takeoff,
- doest a takeoff,
- did takeoff,
- re-produced,
- doeth a take off,
- do take off,
- re-produces,
- doing take off,
- doeth a takeoff,
- doing a take-off,
- did a take off,
- re plicated,
- re-plicated,
- doest a take off,
- re plicate,
- did take-off,
- doest take off,
- did take off,
- doing like,
- re producing,
- doing a takeoff,
- re-produce.
Other synonyms:
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- glamorize,
- idealise,
- exaggeration,
- overreact,
- glorified,
- make much of,
- sensationalize,
- idealize,
- romanticize,
- overstatement,
- dignify,
- overemphasis.
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- inflated,
- dress up,
- sensational,
- precious.
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- production.
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- build up.
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- romance.
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- spin.
- sound off,
- talk big,
- cock-a-doodle-doos,
- vaporing,
- psyching,
- cock-a-doodle-doo,
- Strutting,
- PSYCH,
- shovel,
- jive,
- jives,
- psychs,
- Vapored,
- hug oneself,
- showboating,
- Grand-stand,
- flatter oneself,
- blow one's horn,
- showboat,
- blow horn,
- Preened,
- lay on thick,
- Strutted,
- gasconade,
- give a good account of oneself,
- blow smoke,
- laid on thick,
- jived,
- jiving,
- attract attention,
- showboats,
- congratulate oneself,
- shoot.
- Burlesquing,
- lay on,
- ham up,
- make a production of,
- play to gallery,
- melodramatize,
- tragedize,
- lays on,
- farcialize,
- play on heartstrings,
- playact,
- laying on,
- lay it on,
- give color to,
- laid on,
- Burlesqued.
- diffused,
- salting,
- overestimating,
- framed up,
- expand,
- break promise,
- overprizing,
- misreporting,
- bearing false witness,
- grow larger,
- goosing,
- embellished,
- parody,
- over-estimate,
- Overprize,
- Overrated,
- phonies,
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- stretch,
- Oversell,
- lied,
- Surcharging,
- poke fun at,
- Pirated,
- pad,
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- throw a curve,
- mistranslate,
- Caricaturing,
- Overdrawn,
- be untruthful,
- diffusing,
- make too much of,
- Caricatured,
- Overreckon,
- enriches,
- covered up,
- maximize,
- Miscolor,
- enhance,
- pokes fun at,
- increase,
- mistranslates,
- lie,
- poked fun at,
- boast,
- overdramatized,
- sheiks,
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- overrate,
- Misspeak,
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- Bulled,
- shooting up,
- overestimates,
- overpraises,
- simulate,
- bear false witness,
- spread on,
- misspoken,
- pumping up,
- Misconstrued,
- mis-report,
- Overdrawing,
- maximizes,
- prevaricate,
- put up a front,
- Bulked,
- embellish,
- mistranslated,
- Bulking,
- misinformed,
- glossed over,
- overestimated,
- do a takeoff of,
- over-rate,
- expect too much of,
- sends up,
- runs up,
- covering up,
- Emblaze,
- overacts,
- spiff up,
- dramatize,
- Oversold,
- soft-soap,
- sent up,
- fake it,
- make larger,
- Cribbing,
- spread it on,
- slap on,
- take out of context,
- Snowing,
- puff up,
- send up,
- gussied up,
- Massing,
- overacting,
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- puffing up,
- gussies up,
- diffuses,
- simulated,
- falsify,
- forgathers,
- shot up,
- overesteem,
- Widened,
- Misinstruct,
- Overpraising,
- aggravate,
- run up,
- Cribbed,
- overplay,
- blow up,
- four flush,
- miscoloring,
- overpraised,
- soft-soaped,
- fibbing,
- souped up,
- was untruthful,
- Snowed,
- laughed at,
- overdramatize,
- Lampooned,
- bulling,
- forgather,
- overreckoning,
- misspeaks,
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- upsurging,
- rate too highly,
- put on act,
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- do a takeoff,
- cover up,
- overdraw,
- spiffed up,
- Perjured,
- gussy up,
- Misreport,
- swell up,
- gloss over,
- raise,
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- tampered with,
- enhanced,
- misspeaking,
- go back on,
- forswear,
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- slapped on,
- fleshed out,
- Misguiding,
- jazz up,
- misconstrue,
- tamper with,
- misstate,
- forgathering,
- goose up,
- give snow job,
- four-flushing,
- misquotes,
- give details,
- soft-soaping,
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- misquote,
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- pumped up,
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- misrepresent,
- forgathered,
- shoot up,
- inflate,
- swelling up,
- Pirating,
- trump up,
- upsurged,
- amplify,
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- sheik,
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- maximizing,
- take the wrong way,
- misconceive,
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- flesh out,
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- think too much of,
- four-flush,
- covers up,
- overpraise,
- think too highly of,
- phony up,
- congressed,
- enlarge,
- swell,
- hike up,
- overestimate,
- do a take-off,
- assess too highly,
- fetch up,
- pump up,
- misreported.
- Overvaluing,
- bite off too much,
- make federal case,
- overtire,
- run into the ground,
- drive oneself,
- overtired,
- overvalues,
- overuses,
- overtaxing,
- hyped,
- wear oneself out,
- piling on,
- over-wrought,
- be intemperate,
- pile on,
- not know when to stop,
- over-burden,
- strain oneself,
- overtaxes,
- lily,
- overburdened,
- went too far,
- overtaxed,
- overusing,
- Overvalued.
- overemphasizing,
- blow out of proportion,
- overemphasizes,
- labor at,
- overemphasized,
- overstressing,
- overstressed,
- pointing up,
- over-emphasize,
- laying it on thick,
- point up,
- get carried away.
- beating around the bush,
- beat around bush,
- beat around the bush,
- beg the question,
- begging the question.
- develop,
- consolidate,
- swagger,
- eulogize,
- dramatise,
- belie,
- Overcount,
- camp,
- stuff,
- extend,
- Overmeasure,
- make,
- colour,
- concentrate,
- overemphasize,
- vaunt,
- praise,
- overleap,
- garble,
- Overpaint,
- overwork,
- overrun,
- beef up,
- paint the lily,
- exasperate,
- overdrive,
- burlesque,
- cram,
- hot up,
- exceed,
- color,
- ballyhoo,
- pile,
- overshoot,
- Overgo,
- go too far,
- Panegyrize,
- overpass,
- Misteach,
- camouflage,
- overindulge,
- ramify,
- elaborate,
- go overboard,
- strain,
- slant,
- overstress,
- posture,
- double,
- overreach,
- Outreckon,
- spread out,
- cook,
- up,
- corrupt,
- hop up,
- overtax,
- aggrandise,
- strut,
- redouble,
- go beyond,
- overstrain,
- paint,
- know no bounds,
- twist,
- Overspeak,
- flounce,
- fatten,
- pile it on,
- overlay,
- Overlabor,
- overstep,
- wrench,
- talk,
- spread,
- tout,
- carry too far,
- reinforce,
- Overweigh,
- whet,
- story,
- brag,
- pervert,
- complicate,
- overspend,
- overuse,
- key up,
- draw the longbow,
- flaunt,
- widen,
- do to death,
- varnish,
- warp,
- oversimplify,
- worsen,
- overexert,
- pile up,
- scam,
- make complex,
- daub,
- disguise,
- heat up,
- travesty,
- mislead,
- add,
- Overjump,
- accelerate,
- bloat,
- equivocate,
- pyramid,
- fabricate,
- exhaust,
- Exaggerating,
- fib,
- boost,
- overstudy,
- Overcolor,
- pretty up,
- Overtask,
- distend,
- overelaborate,
- go to extremes,
- prance,
- conceit,
- affect,
- Superabound,
- exalt,
- misinform,
- loud talk,
- strengthen,
- Overcarry,
- rarefy,
- disperse,
- Overstride,
- Superadd,
- puff,
- deceive,
- condense,
- put on.
How to use "Exaggerate" in context?
When someone exaggerates, they are making a fact or event seem more significant or extreme than it actually is. They may exaggerate the size of an object, the intensity of a certain feeling, or the number of times something has happened. Exaggeration can be unintentional or deliberate, but it is often associated with falsehoods or exaggerations for entertainment or emotional gain.
Paraphrases for Exaggerate:
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Verb, base form
magnify, overemphasize, overestimate.
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Verb, base form
inflate, overdo, overreact, overstate, over-estimate.
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Homophones for Exaggerate:
- egretta, exhort, exaggerated, egret, eckhart, excrete, execrate, excoriate, ecarte, excreta, Exsert, eye chart, escort, exert, eukaryote, ex gratia, eucaryote.
Hyponym for Exaggerate:
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- Synonyms:
- appraise, bargain, beat down, bottom out, bounce back, cap, cheapen, Capping.