Entry Word: exaggeration

Function: noun

Meaning: the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts <their exaggeration was such that a rainstorm became a hurricane>

Synonyms caricature, coloring, elaboration, embellishment, embroidering, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, padding, stretching

Related Words amplification, enhancement; fabrication, misrepresentation; fudging, hedging

Near Antonyms belittlement, disparagement, minimizing

Antonyms understatement