Meanings
nounexaggeration (countable and uncountable, plural exaggerations)
plural exaggerations
- countableuncountableThe act of heaping or piling up.
- countableuncountableThe 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.
They say he's a millionnaire, but that's a massive exaggeration.
- countableuncountableA representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Opposite
nounmaking to seem more important than it really is
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Latinagger
- Latinaggerō
- Latinexaggerō
- Latinexaggerātiō
- Englishexaggeration
Borrowed from Latin exaggerātiō.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή
- ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ)act of exaggerating
Arabic مُبَالَغَة
- مُبَالَغَة (mubālaḡa)act of exaggerating
Bengali অতিরঞ্জন
- অতিরঞ্জন (otironjon)act of exaggerating
Bulgarian преувеличе́ние
- преувеличе́ние (preuveličénie)act of exaggerating
Catalan exageració
- exageracióact of exaggerating
Chinese Mandarin 誇大 /夸大, 誇張 /夸张
- 誇大 /夸大 (kuādà)act of exaggerating
- 誇張 /夸张 (kuāzhāng)act of exaggerating
Czech přehánění
- přeháněníact of exaggerating
Danish overdrivelse
- overdrivelseact of exaggerating
Dutch overdrijving
- overdrijvingact of exaggerating
Estonian liialdus
- liialdusact of exaggerating
Finnish liioittelu
- liioitteluact of exaggerating
French exagération
- exagérationact of exaggerating
German Übertreibung
- Übertreibungact of exaggerating
Greek υπερβολή
- υπερβολή (ypervolí)act of exaggerating
Hebrew הגזמה, ניפוח
- הגזמה (hagzama)act of exaggerating
- ניפוח (nipúakh)act of exaggerating
Hindi अतिशयोक्ति
- अतिशयोक्ति (atiśyokti)act of exaggerating
Hungarian túlzás
- túlzásact of exaggerating
Irish áiféis, áibhéil
- áiféisact of exaggerating
- áibhéilact of exaggerating
Italian esagerazione
- esagerazioneact of exaggerating
Japanese 過言, 誇張
- 過言 (kagon)act of exaggerating
- 誇張 (kochō)act of exaggerating
- 誇大 (kodai)act of exaggerating
Korean 과장
- 과장 (gwajang)act of exaggerating
Latin superlātiō
- superlātiōact of exaggerating
Māori tahuperatanga
- tahuperatangaact of exaggerating
Norwegian Bokmål overdrivelse
- overdrivelseact of exaggerating
Persian غلو, گترم
- غلو (ġolov)act of exaggerating
- گترم (gotrom)act of exaggerating
Polish przesada
- przesadaact of exaggerating
Portuguese exagero
- exageroact of exaggerating
Romanian exagerare
- exagerareact of exaggerating
Russian преувеличе́ние
- преувеличе́ние (preuveličénije)act of exaggerating
Slovak preháňanie
- preháňanieact of exaggerating
Spanish exageración
- exageraciónact of exaggerating
Swedish överdrift
- överdriftact of exaggerating
Turkish abartı, mübalağa
- abartıact of exaggerating
- mübalağaact of exaggerating
Ukrainian перебі́льшення, перебі́льшування
- перебі́льшення (perebílʹšennja)act of exaggerating
- перебі́льшування (perebílʹšuvannja)act of exaggerating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with exaggeration
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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APA
exaggeration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaggeration
MLA
“exaggeration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaggeration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exaggeration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaggeration.
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