Synonyms for Laying it on thick:

• n.

  •exaggeration (noun)
  • hyperbole.
  •hyperbole (noun)
  • enlargement,
  • distortion,
  • tall talk,
  • amplification,
  • big talk,
  • embellishment,
  • Embroidering,
  • magnification,
  • coloring,
  • metaphor,
  • pr,
  • overstatement,
  • hype.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • PRS,
  • mountain out of molehill.

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • fake,
  • simulate,
  • beguile,
  • apple polish,
  • work over,
  • entice,
  • oil,
  • butter up,
  • delude,
  • bootlick,
  • urge,
  • sham,
  • act,
  • seduce,
  • tempt,
  • induce,
  • inveigle,
  • soap,
  • play up,
  • do a bit,
  • maneuver,
  • wheedle,
  • adopt,
  • banter,
  • stroke,
  • embellish,
  • playact,
  • decoy,
  • bluff,
  • blandish,
  • deceive,
  • mislead,
  • contrive,
  • snow,
  • soften,
  • massage,
  • work on,
  • feign,
  • counterfeit,
  • influence,
  • dupe,
  • take on,
  • suck up to,
  • lure,
  • rub the right way,
  • jolly,
  • put on,
  • tantalize,
  • entrap,
  • hand a line,
  • spread it on,
  • push,
  • get next to,
  • build up,
  • crowd.

Antonyms for Laying it on thick:

• n.

  • hyperbole
    compression, understatement, decrease, lessening.

• v.

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