| Main Entry: | exaggeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overstatement, embellishment |
Synonyms: |
aggrandizement, amplification, baloney, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figure of speech, fish story, flight of fancy, hogwash, hyperbole, inflation, jazz, line*, magnification, misjudgment, misrepresentation, overemphasis, overestimation, pretension, pretentiousness, rant, romance, stretch, tall story, untruth, whopper, yarn |
Antonyms: |
minimization, reduction, understatement, unembellishment |
| Main Entry: | mistake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error, misunderstanding |
Synonyms: |
aberration, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bungle, confusion, delusion, erratum, false move, false step, fault, faux pas, flub, fluff, gaffe, illusion, inaccuracy, inadvertence, lapse, misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misprint, misstatement, misstep, muddle, neglect, omission, overestimation, oversight, slight, slip, slip of tongue, slipup, snafu, solecism, trip*, typographical error, underestimation |
Antonyms: |
accuracy, calculation, certainty, correction, correctness, proof, success, truth, understanding |
| Main Entry: | miscalculation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misestimate |
Synonyms: |
blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimation, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreckoning, miss, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
| Main Entry: | misestimate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscalculation |
Synonyms: |
blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimation, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreckoning, miss*, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
| Main Entry: | misestimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscalculation |
Synonyms: |
blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimate, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreckoning, miss*, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
| Main Entry: | misjudgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscalculation |
Synonyms: |
blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimate, misestimation, misinterpretation, misreckoning, miss*, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
| Main Entry: | misreckoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscalculation |
Synonyms: |
blow*, blunder, error, miscount, misestimate, misestimation, misinterpretation, misjudgment, miss*, misunderstanding, mixup, overestimation, overvaluation, slip*, underestimation, undervaluation |
| Main Entry: | tall talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggeration |
Synonyms: |
aggrandizement, amplification, baloney, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figure of speech, fish story, flight of fancy, hogwash, hyperbole, hyperbolism, inflation, jazz, line*, magnification, misjudgment, misrepresentation, overemphasis, overestimation, overstatement, pretension, pretentiousness, rant, romance, stretch, tall story, untruth, whopper, yarn |
| Main Entry: | exaggeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
bombastic, egregious, exaggerated, extravagant, fabulous, high, on stilts, overwrought, preposterous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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