EXAGGERATE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does exaggerate mean? 

• EXAGGERATE (verb)
  The verb EXAGGERATE has 2 senses:

1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
2. do something to an excessive degree

  Familiarity information: EXAGGERATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXAGGERATE (verb)

Meaning:

To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

exaggerate; hyerbolise; hyperbolize; overstate; amplify; magnify; overdraw

Context example:

tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery

Hypernyms (to "exaggerate" is one way to...):

misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exaggerate"):

overemphasise; overemphasize; overstress (place special or excessive emphasis on)

blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt (show off)

aggrandise; aggrandize; blow up; dramatise; dramatize; embellish; embroider; lard; pad (add details to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Do something to an excessive degree

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

overdo; exaggerate

Context example:

He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups

Hypernyms (to "exaggerate" is one way to...):

do; make (engage in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exaggerate"):

overpraise (praise excessively)

oversimplify (simplify to an excessive degree)

overleap (defeat (oneself) by going too far)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something