Definition for Exaggerate:

• To heap up; to accumulate.

Synonyms for Exaggerate:

• n.

  •
  • glorify.
  •
  • overcharge,
  • lay it on thick,
  • stretch the truth.
  •exaggerate (noun)
  • overdo,
  • hyerbolise.

• v.

  •communication (verb)
  • hyperbolize,
  • magnify,
  • hyperbolise.
  •exaggerate (verb)
  • caricature,
  • distort,
  • aggrandize,
  • overvalue,
  • Overdevelop.
  •intensify (verb)
  • deepen,
  • emphasize,
  • heighten,
  • underline,
  • stress,
  • intensify,
  • escalate,
  • sharpen,
  • accentuate.
  •misrepresent (verb)
  • fake,
  • lampoon,
  • counterfeit,
  • satirize,
  • spoof.
  •overestimate (verb)
  • over-appraise,
  • embroider.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • overreact,
  • overstatement,
  • exaggeration,
  • make much of,
  • sensationalize,
  • idealize,
  • romanticize.
  •
  • play up,
  • exaggerated.
  •
  • dress up.
  •
  • build up.
  •
  • romance.
  •
  • spin.
  •aggravate
  • exacerbate.
  •blow up
  • overstate.
  •boast
  • talk big,
  • gasconade.
  •dramatize
  • lay it on.
  •express emotion
  • emote.
  •increase
  • triple,
  • snowball.
  •Other relevant words:
  • develop,
  • strain,
  • fib,
  • reinforce,
  • overelaborate,
  • overreach,
  • overpass,
  • equivocate,
  • pyramid,
  • widen,
  • misinform,
  • Overpaint,
  • Overweigh,
  • worsen,
  • fatten,
  • go to extremes,
  • elaborate,
  • overuse,
  • flaunt,
  • double,
  • exasperate,
  • Overlabor,
  • accelerate,
  • tout,
  • overstress,
  • overlay,
  • deceive,
  • overemphasize,
  • warp,
  • loud talk,
  • mislead,
  • varnish,
  • overstep,
  • overdrive,
  • whet,
  • Overcolor,
  • overshoot,
  • rarefy,
  • Overstride,
  • do to death,
  • blow,
  • beef up,
  • flounce,
  • know no bounds,
  • hop up,
  • extend,
  • stuff,
  • aggrandise,
  • add,
  • strengthen,
  • slant,
  • brag,
  • overrun,
  • overtax,
  • conceit,
  • pile up,
  • go beyond,
  • ballyhoo,
  • ramify,
  • spread,
  • boost,
  • pile,
  • Overtask,
  • scam,
  • daub,
  • key up,
  • cook,
  • Overgo,
  • condense,
  • pretty up,
  • overwork,
  • exceed,
  • pile it on,
  • concentrate,
  • Exaggerating,
  • twist,
  • make complex,
  • swagger,
  • Overspeak,
  • wrench,
  • spread out,
  • posture,
  • paint,
  • paint the lily,
  • strut,
  • hot up,
  • affect,
  • story,
  • up,
  • garble,
  • overindulge,
  • fabricate,
  • camouflage,
  • cram,
  • consolidate,
  • Outreckon,
  • heat up,
  • overexert,
  • camp,
  • Overjump,
  • disperse,
  • Overcount,
  • colour,
  • vaunt,
  • exalt,
  • overleap,
  • pervert,
  • go too far,
  • overstudy,
  • corrupt,
  • carry too far,
  • bloat,
  • Panegyrize,
  • overspend,
  • complicate,
  • Superabound,
  • exhaust,
  • put on,
  • puff,
  • Misteach,
  • eulogize,
  • overstrain,
  • go overboard,
  • talk,
  • prance,
  • disguise,
  • burlesque,
  • Overcarry,
  • Overmeasure,
  • draw the longbow,
  • make,
  • travesty,
  • Superadd,
  • redouble,
  • praise,
  • belie,
  • distend,
  • dramatise,
  • color,
  • oversimplify.

Paraphrases for Exaggerate:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    overestimate, overemphasize, magnify.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    overstate, inflate, overdo, overreact, over-estimate.

Antonyms for Exaggerate:

• v.

  • communication
    understate.
  • overstate, embellish
    compress, deprecate, play down, lower, depreciate, lessen, shrink, ignore, decrease, reduce, minimize, abridge, be modest, contract.
  • Other antonyms:
    belittle.

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:

• v.

  • communication
    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.

Hyponym for Exaggerate:

• v.

  • communication
    mislead, misinform.