Entry Word: embroider

Function: verb

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

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

Related Words amplify, enhance, enlarge (upon), expand, flesh (out); fudge, hedge; overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overplay, overstate; caricature; satirize

Near Antonyms belittle, minimize, play (down), understate