Amplify, add colour, and aggrandize are all synonyms for exaggerate. Play down and understate are these antonyms of exaggerate. And here are another 31 synonyms for exaggerate.
Exaggerate Synonyms
- 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
- Draw the longbow