What is another word for exaggerate?
1309 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɛɡzˈad͡ʒəɹˌe͡ɪt], [ ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt], [ ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈa_dʒ_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for exaggerate:- blow up (noun)
- exaggerate (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
- overdo
- overplay
- prevaricate
- other relevant words
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.
- 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.
Paraphrases for Exaggerate:
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Verb, base form
overestimate, overemphasize, magnify.
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overstate, inflate, overdo, overreact, over-estimate.
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Antonyms for Exaggerate:
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understate.
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overstate, embellish
compress, deprecate, play down, lower, depreciate, lessen, shrink, ignore, decrease, reduce, minimize, abridge, be modest, contract.
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belittle.
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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.
Hypernym for Exaggerate:
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bluster, shoot a line, aggrandize, dramatise, gas, overstress, overemphasize, blow, pad, brag, blow up, gasconade, embroider, embellish, tout, swash, lard, dramatize, boast, overemphasise, aggrandise, vaunt.
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