Word

exaggerate, v.
(exaggerated, exaggerates, exaggerating)
freq. cnt. 16

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 1

amplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate

sample sentences

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

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

exaggeration exaggeration exaggeration

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

magnification

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

overstatement

antonym

understate

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hyperbole

semantic pointers

hypernym

mislead, misinform

hyponym

overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress boast, brag, bluster, tout, swash, shoot a line, gas, blow, vaunt, gasconade pad, embellish, dramatize, embroider, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatise

do something to an excessive degree
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

exaggerate overdo

sample sentences

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

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

exaggeration

semantic pointers

hyponym

overpraise oversimplify overleap

hypernym

do, make