embroider

embroider

verb

Definition of EMBROIDER

to add to the interest of by including made-up details <Dad likes to embroider his fishing stories>

Synonyms color, elaborate (on), embellish, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, pad, stretch

Related Words dress up, gussy up; amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out); fudge, hedge; overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overplay, overstate; emphasize, play up, stress; caricature; satirize

Near Antonyms belittle, minimize, play down, understate