Defenition of the word exaggerate
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Defenition of the word exaggerate
- To make something appear to be, or describe it as, greater than it really is.
- do something to an excessive degree: "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old_South'' imagery."
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'' imagery"
- do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- do something to an excessive degree
Synonyms for the word exaggerate
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- amplify
- enlarge
- hyperbolize
- increase
- magnify
- overdo
- overdraw
- overstate
Hyponyms for the word exaggerate
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- aggrandise
- aggrandize
- blow
- blow up
- bluster
- boast
- brag
- dramatise
- dramatize
- embellish
- embroider
- gas
- gasconade
- lard
- overemphasise
- overemphasize
- overleap
- overpraise
- oversimplify
- overstress
- pad
- shoot a line
- swash
- tout
- vaunt
Hypernyms for the word exaggerate
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- do
- make
- misinform
- mislead
Antonyms for the word exaggerate
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- downplay
- minimise
- minimize
- understate
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