Thesaurus:exaggerate
English
Verb
(Transitive)
Sense: to describe more than the fact; to state or claim to a greater degree than reality
Synonyms
- big up (slang)
- cut it fat (obsolete, UK, slang)
- exaggerate
- hyperbolize (now rare)
- overcharge (dated)
- overdo
- overemphasize
- overstate
- play up
- stretch (figurative)
- three-sheet (theater)
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Further reading
- “549. exaggeration” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “482. overestimation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “exaggerate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.