exaggerator

noun

Definition of exaggeratornext
as in liar

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  1. liar
  2. fabulist
  3. storyteller
  4. fabricator
Noun
  • The attempts to save Platner in the high stakes campaign to defeat Republican incumbent Susan Collins involved portraying Platner’s accusers, women, as vengeful liars.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • The framework for his material shifted as soon as he was exposed as a liar, a manipulator, and a predator.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
Definition of liar
Noun
  • Odysseus is a warrior with wit and intellect, a con man and fabulist who constantly reinvents himself.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • The Dowd Voicers are either clueless about the facts or, like their hero Trump, are simply fabulists making up numbers to suit their biased narrative.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
Definition of fabulist
Noun
  • Koosha in a director’s statement argued storytellers should not feel threatened by AI tools.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
  • Anthony approaches music with the heart of a storyteller and the instincts of a poet, creating sound worlds that are both deeply personal and universally resonant.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 July 2026
Definition of storyteller
Noun
  • Building top tier theme parks and lands requires as many as 10,000 workers and hundreds of suppliers covering everything from roller coaster manufacturers and scenery fabricators right down to costume vendors and paint distributors.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The house itself would be covered in sheets of Corten steel, pre-weathered by their Kansas City fabricator.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026
Definition of fabricator
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