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. 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.

2. Larry Elder:

   Glass ceiling ? Ha ! What glass ceiling ? Women, women exaggerate the problem of sexism.

3. Tatyana Gordina:

   There were no threats made by Ivan Savvidis, especially not involving the use of a weapon, during yesterday’s match, there was an emotional walk out onto the field, probably a breach of sporting regulations, and nothing more. Most of the headlines in the Greek press exaggerate the facts.

4. Robert Whitaker:

   There is a story that psychiatry doesn’t dare tell, which shows that our societal delusion about the benefits of psychiatric drugs isn’t entirely an innocent one. In order to sell our society on the soundness of this form of care, psychiatry has had to grossly exaggerate the value of its new drugs, silence critics, and keep the story of poor long-term outcomes hidden.

5. Edward Chow:

   People exaggerate, particularly in Washington, the impact of gas over oil, for every dollar that Russia earns from oil and gas, 80 cents of that is oil and only 20 cents of it is gas.