exaggeration
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
extravagant exaggeration
Types & categories
- trope hypernym
Related & opposite
- overstate derivation
- hyperbolic derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of making something more noticeable than usual
the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness
Types & categories
- step-up hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
making to seem more important than it really is
Types & categories
- deception hypernym
Related & opposite
- understatement antonym
- magnify derivation
- overstate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overstate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hyperbolic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | trope |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overstate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overdo |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | step-up |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | understatement |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | magnify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overstate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | deception |