Antonyms 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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. exaggerate

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

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

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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. exaggerateverb

   Synonyms:
   overstate

How to use exaggerate in a sentence?

1. Angel Cabrera:

   The impact it's going to have is hard to exaggerate, this will be seen as perhaps the biggest economic development event in the history of this region.

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. Kate Fan:

   We hear a lot of stories about New York being unsafe, but we feel like people sometimes exaggerate safety issues.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   I do not exaggerate when I tell you that the foundations of American democracy are being undermined.

5. Richard Greenfield:

   I think it will generate some more caution among entrepreneurs, but for the most part, human nature being what it is, there is still going to be a tendency to exaggerate, especially when you know you might not get funded if you don't, and I don't think it will change many investors' attitudes.

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