Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun exaggeration

3 senses of exaggeration

Sense 1
hyperbole, exaggeration -- (extravagant exaggeration)
       => trope, figure of speech, figure, image -- (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)

Sense 2
exaggeration -- (the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness")
       => increase, step-up -- (the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary")

Sense 3
exaggeration, overstatement, magnification -- (making to seem more important than it really is)
       => misrepresentation, deceit, deception -- (a misleading falsehood)