exaggerated

Questions about exaggerated

What does exaggerated mean?

exaggerated means "represented as greater than is true or reasonable". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in exaggerated?

exaggerated has 5 syllables: ex-ag-ge-ra-ted. The stress falls on "ag". In IPA it is /ɪɡˈzædʒɚˌeɪtəd/.

What is another word for exaggerated?

Close synonyms include overdone, overstated, magnified, enlarged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exaggerated a common word?

exaggerated is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with exaggerated?

4 words rhyme with exaggerated. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.