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Synonyms for exaggerate
ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪt
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Princeton's WordNet
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify(verb)
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, magnifyoverdo, exaggerate(verb)
do something to an excessive degree
"He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
Synonyms:
amplify, hyperbolise, overdraw, overdo, hyperbolize, overstate, magnify
Wiktionary
exaggerate(verb)
Synonyms:
overexaggerateexaggerate(verb)
To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
Synonyms:
overexaggerateAntonyms:
downplay, understate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
exaggerate(v. a.)
Synonyms:
overstate, heighten, amplify, overcharge, strain, stretch, overstrain, caricature, overcolor, depict extravagantly, color too highly
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases:
overstate, overdo, overestimate, overemphasize, inflate, overact, oversell
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #2479 | enlarge | |
| #3129 | expand | |
| #6612 | strain | |
| #29947 | magnify | |
| #36507 | amplify | |
| #38823 | inflate | |
| #46777 | heighten | |
| #52027 | exaggerate | |
| #58282 | overestimate | |
| #73071 | overstate | |
| #80648 | overdo | |
| #185425 | overemphasize | |
| #237497 | overdraw | |
| #252359 | oversell |
Translations for exaggerate
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- بالغArabic
- преувеличавамBulgarian
- exagerarCatalan, Valencian
- přehánětCzech
- overdriveDanish
- übertreibenGerman
- μεγαλοποιώ, υπερβάλλω, παρακάνω, παραφουσκώνωGreek
- exagerarSpanish
- گزاف گفتنPersian
- liioitellaFinnish
- exagérer, outrerFrench
- הגזיםHebrew
- túloz, eltúlozHungarian
- ýkja, yfirdrífaIcelandic
- esagerareItalian
- 誇張Japanese
- გაზვიადება, გადაჭარბებაGeorgian
- 과장하다, 과대시하다Korean
- overdrijvenDutch
- overdriveNorwegian
- przesadzać, wyolbrzymiaćPolish
- exagerarPortuguese
- anchachayQuechua
- exageraRomanian
- утрировать, преувеличивать, преувеличитьRussian
- zmadhoj, teprojAlbanian
- överdrivaSwedish
- பெரிதுபடுத்தTamil
- พูดเกินจริงThai
- abartmakTurkish
- tuükönVolapük
- מעגאַזעמ זייַןYiddish
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