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embroider - 18 thesaurus results
Main Entry: embroider
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: add fancy stitching, adornment
Synonyms: beautify, bedeck, braid, color, deck, decorate, embellish, fix up, garnish, gild, knit, ornament, pattern, quilt, spruce up*, stitch, work, cross-stitch, gussy up, weave pattern
Main Entry: embroider
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exaggerate information
Synonyms: aggrandize, amplify, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge*, heighten, lie, magnify, overdo, overstate, pad*, play up*, puff*, stretch, yeast*, blow-up, hyperbolize, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, romanticize, spread on thick, stretch the truth
Main Entry: embellish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make beautiful; decorate
Synonyms: adorn, amplify, array, beautify, bedeck, color, deck, dress up*, elaborate, embroider, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, festoon, fix up*, fudge*, garnish, gild, grace, magnify, ornament, overstate, spruce up*, trim, add bells and whistles, emblaze, give details, gussy up, spiff up
Antonyms: deface, disfigure, mar, simplify, spoil, uglify
Main Entry: enhance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: improve, embellish
Synonyms: add to, adorn, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, beautify, boom, boost, build up, complement, elevate, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, heighten, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, pad*, pyramid*, raise, reinforce, strengthen, swell, upgrade, flesh out
Antonyms: decrease, fix, lower, minimize, reduce, worsen
Main Entry: enlarge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make or grow bigger; increase
Synonyms: add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, blow up*, boost, broaden, build, bulk, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embroider, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, grow, heighten, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, pad*, pyramid*, rise, spread, stretch, swell, upsurge, wax, widen, give details, grow larger, jack up, jazz up, make larger, slap on, snowball
Antonyms: abridge, compress, condense, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce, shrink
Main Entry: exaggerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: overstate, embellish
Synonyms: amplify, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up*, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, intensify, lie, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, pad*, puff, put on, pyramid*, romance, scam, stretch, up*, blow out of proportion, go to extremes, hyperbolize, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misquote, misreport, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pretty up, romanticize
Antonyms: depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate
Main Entry: falsify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: alter, misrepresent
Synonyms: adulterate, belie, change, color, con, contort, contradict, contravene, cook, counterfeit, deacon, deceive, deny, distort, doctor, dress up*, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, fake, fib, forge, garble, gloss, lie, misstate, palter, pervert, prevaricate, promote, put on an act*, salt*, traverse, twist, warp, fake it, four-flush, frame up, misquote, phony up, tamper with, trump up
Main Entry: fudge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fake, misrepresent
Synonyms: avoid, color, cook up*, dodge, embellish, embroider, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, falsify, hedge, magnify, overstate, pad, patch, shuffle, slant, stall
Antonyms: tell truth
Main Entry: gild
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: embellish, decorate
Synonyms: adorn, aureate, beautify, bedeck, brighten, coat, deck, dress up, embroider, enhance, enrich, garnish, glitter, grace, ornament, overlay, paint, plate, varnish, wash, whitewash*, aurify, begild, engild, tinsel
Notes: gild means to decorate with gold leaf or liquid gold while a guild is a formal association of people with similar interests
Main Entry: misrepresent/misquote
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lie, distort
Synonyms: adulterate, angle, beard*, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, mangle, mask, misinterpret, misstate, overstate, palter, pervert, pirate*, prevaricate, promote, puff*, skew, slant, snow*, stretch, twist, warp, cover up, give snow job, miscolor, misreport, overdraw, phony up, spread it on, take out of context, throw a curve, trump up
Antonyms: explain, be forthright, be honest
Main Entry: ornament
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decorate
Synonyms: adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, brighten, deck, dress, dress up*, embellish, embroider, enrich, festoon, fix up*, garnish, gild, grace, polish, prank, primp, spruce up*, trim, bedizen, ornamentalize, prettify, prink, smarten
Antonyms: leave alone
Main Entry: overstate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exaggerate
Synonyms: amplify, boast, boost, brag, build up, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, lie, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, pad*, play up, puff, blow out of proportion, lay it on thick, misquote, misreport, overemphasize, overestimate
Main Entry: sew
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prepare fabric for clothing, covering
Synonyms: baste, bind, embroider, fasten, piece, seam, stitch, tack, tailor, work
Antonyms: rip, tear
Main Entry: misrepresent
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lie
Synonyms: adulterate, angle, beard, belie, blarney, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, mangle, mask, misinterpret, misstate, overstate, palter, pervert, pirate, prevaricate, promote, puff, skew, slant, snow, stretch, twist, warp, blow smoke, cheese, cover up, miscolor, misreport, overdraw, phony up, trump up
Main Entry: color
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: distort, exaggerate
Synonyms: angle*, belie, cook up*, disguise, doctor*, embroider*, fake, falsify, fudge*, garble, magnify, misrepresent, misstate, overstate, pad*, pervert, prejudice, slant*, taint, twist*, warp*, gloss over
Antonyms: represent, be truthful
Main Entry: magnify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exaggerate, blow out of proportion
Synonyms: aggravate, blow up*, boost, color, dramatize, embellish, embroider, enhance, fudge*, inflate, overcharge, overdo, overplay, overrate, overstate, pad*, pyramid, make mountain of molehill, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overstress, puff up
Antonyms: diminish, play down, weaken
Main Entry: pad
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: elaborate, amplify
Synonyms: augment, bulk, embellish, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, fill out, fudge*, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, overstate, protract, spin, stretch, flesh out, overdraw
Antonyms: simplify, uncomplicate
Main Entry: trim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decorate
Synonyms: adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, deck, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, garnish, ornament, prank, spangle, spruce up*, beribbon, pretty up, prink
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