| Main Entry: | embroider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate information |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize, amplify, blow-up, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge, heighten, hyperbolize, lie, magnify, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overdo, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, overstate, pad, play up, puff, romanticize, spread on thick, stretch, stretch the truth, yeast |
| Main Entry: | exaggerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overstate, embellish |
Synonyms: |
amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge, go to extremes, heighten, hike, hyperbolize, inflate, intensify, lay it on thick, lie, loud talk, magnify, make too much of, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, pretty up, puff, put on, pyramid, romance, romanticize, scam, stretch, up* |
Antonyms: |
depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate |
| 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, make mountain of molehill, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overplay, overrate, overstate, overstress, pad, puff up, pyramid |
Antonyms: |
diminish, play down, weaken |
| Main Entry: | overplay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be dramatic |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, blow out of proportion, dramatize, exaggerate, get carried away, ham it up, hyperbolize, labor at, lay it on thick, magnify, maximize, mug, overact, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overstate, overstress, overuse, overwork, point up, show off*, stretch |
Antonyms: |
play down |
| Main Entry: | overstate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate |
Synonyms: |
amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, fudge, heighten, hike, inflate, lay it on thick, lie, magnify, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, play up, puff |