Synonyms for exaggerate
ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪtex·ag·ger·ate

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1. exaggerateverb

   Synonyms:
   overexaggerate

2. exaggerateverb

   To overstate, to describe more than is fact.

   Synonyms:
   overexaggerate

   Antonyms:
   downplay, understate

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1. exaggerate

   Synonyms:
   amplify, enlarge, heighten, magnify, overstate, overdraw, strain, overpaint, overestimate

   Antonyms:
   disparage, attenuate, palliate, understate, underestimate, lenity, mitigate, soften, qualify, modify

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1. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplifyverb

   to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

   "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

   Synonyms:
   blow up, amplify, hyperbolise, enlarge, overdraw, expand, overdo, hyperbolize, inflate, overstate, magnify

2. overdo, exaggerateverb

   do something to an excessive degree

   "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

   Synonyms:
   amplify, hyperbolise, overdraw, overdo, hyperbolize, overstate, magnify

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1. big

   Submitted by anonymous on November 9, 2020  

2. boasts

   to talk or write about oneself or something related to oneself in a proud or self-admiring way.

   ''she boasts a host of amazing talents''

   Submitted by rosiesusan.kirk on June 15, 2020  

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1. exaggerateverb

   Synonyms:
   overstate, heighten, amplify, overcharge, strain, stretch, overstrain, caricature, overcolor, depict extravagantly, color too highly

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1. exaggerateverb

   Synonyms:
   overstate

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1. List of paraphrases for "exaggerate":

   overstate, overdo, overestimate, overemphasize, inflate, overact, oversell

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1. Katherine Helmond:

   I don't think it's lurid, daytime soaps go into areas - lesbianism, married nuns, a woman in love with a priest - that would not be touched in prime time. And they're super-serious. We just take real situations and exaggerate them.

2. Heidi Beirich:

   They don’t provide their membership lists. They’re not going to tell us or, if they give us numbers, they exaggerate.

3. Kevin Costner:

   The message to anyone watching, anyone listening. The best way to advance yourself now is to be the loudest voice in the mob, to carry your point at all costs. That its OK to lie ... and exaggerate the truth and anyone who sees it or disagrees with it doesnt matter.

4. Kaspar Hense:

   Most of the short positions are funded on margins. And so when markets run against you, you are stopped out if you are a short seller, a short position can exaggerate your losses if you are not actively managing your position.

5. Matt Daybell:

   I couldnt really exaggerate or fabricate any of these stories, theyre just too bizarre.