Amplify, add colour, and aggrandize are all synonyms for exaggerate. Play down and understate are antonyms of exaggerate. And here are 31 another word for exaggerate.
Add colour, aggrandize, amplify, catastrophize, colour, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, embroider, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on thick, lay it on with a trowel/shovel, magnify, make a big thing of, make a drama out of a crisis, over-elaborate, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overpitch, overplay, oversell, overstate, overstress, overvalue, pile it on, shoot a line, stretch the truth, and draw the longbow are all synonyms for exaggerate.
Exaggerate synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 1 synonym with 6, 11, 22, and 24 letters and 3 synonyms with 7, 10, and 13 letters. 4 synonyms with 8 letters and 8 synonyms with 9 letters.
2 synonyms with 12, and 15 letters. For a total of 29 another word for exaggerate.
Don't exaggerate the difficulty of the task.
He tends to exaggerate his achievements for attention.
She didn’t mean to exaggerate the situation.
It's easy to exaggerate when telling a story.
He might exaggerate the facts to make it interesting.