exaggerators
Those who overstate
Exaggerators are people who overstate or magnify things beyond what's accurate.
The term usually carries mild criticism—suggesting someone habitually stretches the truth or inflates claims for effect: He's such an exaggerator—the fish gets bigger every time he tells the story.
Unlike liars, exaggerators may believe their embellishments or see them as harmless emphasis.
One who flaunts achievements
- boasterOne who brags
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- fabricatorCreator of lies
- blufferOne who deceives boldly
grandstander · show-off · windbag · storyteller · vaunter · self-promoter · fibber · prevaricator
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
inflation · puffery · tall tale · superlative · extravagance · elaboration · coloring · stretching
Excessive self-praise
- boastingExcessive self-praise
- embellishingAdding decorative details
- inflatingCausing to expand
- magnifyingIncreasing perceived size
overdoing · overplaying · stretching · puffery · grandstanding · showboating · bluffing · fibbing
To grow vigorously
- adornmentDecorative addition or accessory
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
gilding · fancifulness · overelaboration · frills · ostentation · excessiveness · grandiosity · flamboyance
braggart
One who flaunts achievements
- boasterOne who brags
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- fabricatorCreator of lies
bluffer · grandstander · show-off · windbag · storyteller · vaunter · self-promoter · fibber · prevaricator · mythomaniac
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
embroidery · inflation · puffery · tall tale · superlative · extravagance · elaboration · coloring · stretching · whopper
bragging
Excessive self-praise
- boastingExcessive self-praise
- embellishingAdding decorative details
- inflatingCausing to expand
magnifying · overdoing · overplaying · stretching · puffery · grandstanding · showboating · bluffing · fibbing · distorting
flourish
To grow vigorously
- adornmentDecorative addition or accessory
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- enhancementIncrease in quality
elaboration · gilding · fancifulness · overelaboration · frills · ostentation · excessiveness · grandiosity · flamboyance · theatricality
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
- embellishersdecorators, adorners, beautifiers, enhancers, garnishers
- enhancersamplifiers, boosters, enhancers, intensifiers, magnifiers
exaggeratorsunderstaters
Those who minimize significance
minimizers · downplayers · lowballers · underestimators · diminishers
exaggeratorsunderstaters
Those who minimize significance
minimizers · downplayers · truth-tellers · realists · straight shooters