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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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