exaggeration

Meanings

Plural: exaggerations

Noun

• extravagant exaggeration
• the act of making something more noticeable than usual
  • "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
• making to seem more important than it really is
• The act of heaping or piling up.
• The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
• A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

Synonyms

hyperbole, magnification, overstatement

Antonyms

trivialization, understatement