EXAGGERATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does exaggeration mean?
• EXAGGERATION (noun)
The noun EXAGGERATION has 3 senses:
1. extravagant exaggeration
2. the act of making something more noticeable than usual
3. making to seem more important than it really is
Familiarity information: EXAGGERATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• EXAGGERATION (noun)
Meaning:
Extravagant exaggeration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
exaggeration; hyperbole
Hypernyms ("exaggeration" is a kind of...):
figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
Meaning:
The act of making something more noticeable than usual
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness
Hypernyms ("exaggeration" is a kind of...):
increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)
Meaning:
Making to seem more important than it really is
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
overstatement; exaggeration; magnification
Hypernyms ("exaggeration" is a kind of...):
deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)
