Synonyms for Lay it on thick:

• n.

  •
  • exaggerate.

• v.

  •affect (verb)
  • make out like,
  • assume,
  • put up a front,
  • aspire to.
  •attempt to coax; flatter (verb)
  • cajole.
  •be dramatic (verb)
  • overplay.
  •butter up (verb)
  • flatter.
  •cajole (verb)
  • get around,
  • sweeten up,
  • argue into,
  • sweet-talk,
  • play up to,
  • brownnose,
  • con,
  • soft-soap,
  • make up to.
  •exaggerate (verb)
  • distort,
  • romanticize,
  • brag,
  • blow out of proportion,
  • caricature,
  • embroider,
  • overestimate,
  • amplify,
  • heighten,
  • exalt,
  • Misreport,
  • expand,
  • enlarge,
  • boast,
  • up,
  • misquote,
  • puff,
  • lie,
  • cook up,
  • boost,
  • fudge,
  • overdo,
  • hike,
  • overdraw,
  • misrepresent,
  • pyramid,
  • falsify,
  • romance,
  • overemphasize,
  • scam,
  • stretch,
  • go to extremes,
  • corrupt,
  • pretty up,
  • pad,
  • fabricate,
  • magnify,
  • emphasize,
  • loud talk,
  • intensify,
  • color,
  • make too much of.
  •flatter (verb)
  • Beslaver,
  • toady,
  • grovel,
  • adulate,
  • sell,
  • humor,
  • fawn,
  • salve,
  • overpraise,
  • cater to,
  • glorify,
  • praise,
  • charm,
  • court.
  •overplay (verb)
  • get carried away,
  • show off,
  • overact,
  • accent,
  • ham it up,
  • overstress,
  • maximize,
  • point up,
  • overuse,
  • labor at,
  • mug,
  • overwork,
  • accentuate,
  • dramatize.
  •pretend, imitate (verb)
  • affect.
  •sweet-talk (verb)
  • slaver.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hyperbolize.
  •
  • overstate.
  •
  • inflate.
  •exaggerate
  • Overdrawing,
  • Overdrawn,
  • overemphasizing,
  • overestimating,
  • overestimates,
  • overemphasizes,
  • mis-report,
  • misreporting,
  • Caricaturing,
  • over-emphasize,
  • overestimated,
  • Caricatured,
  • scamming,
  • misreported,
  • misquotes,
  • scammed,
  • Romanced,
  • overemphasized,
  • over-estimate,
  • Romancing.
  •flatter
  • Humored,
  • overpraises,
  • Overpraising,
  • catered to,
  • humoring,
  • overpraised,
  • catering to,
  • caters to.
  •overplay
  • overuses,
  • overusing,
  • overstressed,
  • maximizing,
  • overstressing,
  • overacts,
  • over-wrought,
  • maximizes,
  • overacting,
  • maximized,
  • pointing up,
  • ham up.

Antonyms for Lay it on thick:

• v.

  • affect
    stop, tell truth.
  • cajole
    bully, force, discourage, turn off, dissuade, disenchant, repel, repulse, disgust.
  • exaggerate
    contract, compress, minimize, be modest, depreciate, lessen, understate, shrink, ignore, play down, decrease, lower, reduce, abridge, deprecate.
  • flatter
    castigate, denounce, condemn, mismatch, belittle, criticize, insult, offend.
  • inveigle
    let go, release, be honest, liberate, free, prevent.
  • overstate
    simplify.
  • sweet-talk
    irritate.