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. Ian Rintoul:

   Things have just come to a head. It's impossible to exaggerate the real fears that people have for their safety and for their lives.

2. Daniel Pinkston:

   They have an incentive to exaggerate their capabilities -- particularly for their domestic audience -- to demonstrate awe and power, but we don't know the exact capabilities.

3. Jeb Bush:

   Our ad simply uses his own language, his own words...those are his words not mine, I didn't exaggerate a single thing.

4. 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.

5. Kate Fan:

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