overstater
One who inflates
An overstater is someone who exaggerates or makes things sound more significant than they are.
The word is uncommon—people more often use the verb: He tends to overstate the risks.
When it does appear, it's usually paired with understater: Are you an overstater or an understater?
One who overstates things
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
- boasterOne who brags
- inflatorAir-adding device
dramatizer · sensationalist · alarmist · catastrophizer · fabricator · bluffer · puffer · stretcher
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- inflationSustained price level increase
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
stretch · overemphasis · tall-tale · overdramatization · oversell · overplay · puffery · amplification
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
flamboyant · ostentatious · overwrought · histrionic · extravagant · effusive · sensational · breathless
exaggerator
One who overstates things
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
- boasterOne who brags
inflator · dramatizer · sensationalist · alarmist · catastrophizer · fabricator · bluffer · puffer · stretcher · magnifier
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- inflationSustained price level increase
magnification · stretch · overemphasis · tall-tale · overdramatization · oversell · overplay · puffery · amplification · elaboration
melodramatic
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
theatrical · flamboyant · ostentatious · overwrought · histrionic · extravagant · effusive · sensational · breathless · hyperbolic
overstaterminimizer
One who reduces significance
downplayer · deflater · diminisher · hedger · lowballer
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