EXAGGERATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
   Synonym(s)
   • amplify (what does amplify mean?)
   • hyerbolise (what does hyerbolise mean?)
   • hyperbolize (what does hyperbolize mean?)
   • magnify (what does magnify mean?)
   • overdraw (what does overdraw mean?)
   • overstate (what does overstate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South” imagery
   Hypernyms(s) exaggerate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • misinform (what does misinform mean?)
   • mislead (what does mislead mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • understate (what does understate mean?)
   • minimize (what does minimize mean?)
   • minimise (what does minimise mean?)
   • downplay (what does downplay mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • overemphasize (what does overemphasize mean?)
   • overemphasise (what does overemphasise mean?)
   • overstress (what does overstress mean?)
   • boast (what does boast mean?)
   • tout (what does tout mean?)
   • swash (what does swash mean?)
   • shoot a line (what does shoot a line mean?)
   • brag (what does brag mean?)
   • gas (what does gas mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • bluster (what does bluster mean?)
   • vaunt (what does vaunt mean?)
   • gasconade (what does gasconade mean?)
   • embroider (what does embroider mean?)
   • pad (what does pad mean?)
   • lard (what does lard mean?)
   • embellish (what does embellish mean?)
   • aggrandize (what does aggrandize mean?)
   • aggrandise (what does aggrandise mean?)
   • blow up (what does blow up mean?)
   • dramatize (what does dramatize mean?)
   • dramatise (what does dramatise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • exaggeration (what does exaggeration mean?)
   • overstatement (what does overstatement mean?)
   • magnification (what does magnification mean?)
   • hyperbole (what does hyperbole mean?)
   • exaggeration (what does exaggeration mean?)
   • hyperbole (what does hyperbole mean?)
   • exaggeration (what does exaggeration mean?)
   • exaggeration (what does exaggeration mean?)
   • overstatement (what does overstatement mean?)
   • magnification (what does magnification mean?)
   • exaggeration (what does exaggeration mean?)
   • exaggeration (what does exaggeration mean?)
   • overstatement (what does overstatement mean?)
   • magnification (what does magnification mean?)
2. Meaning
   • do something to an excessive degree
   Synonym(s)
   • overdo (what does overdo mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups
   Hypernyms(s) exaggerate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • make (what does make mean?)
   • do (what does do mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • overpraise (what does overpraise mean?)
   • oversimplify (what does oversimplify mean?)
   • overleap (what does overleap mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • exaggeration (what does exaggeration mean?)