exaggerate

exaggerate is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To heap up; to accumulate. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To heap up; to accumulate.
2. transitive verb. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
3. verb. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

   "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

   Synonyms: amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate

4. verb. do something to an excessive degree

   "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

   Synonyms: overdo

Synonyms

amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate, overdo

Common word forms

exaggerated, exaggerates, exaggerating

Words from these letters

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