Synonyms of the word

overstatement

• n. An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
• n. The tendency to overstate.

deceit

• n. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
• n. An act of deceiving someone.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
• n. (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or…

deception

• n. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

exaggeration

• n. The act of heaping or piling up.
• n. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds…
• n. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

magnification

• n. The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
• n. The apparent enlargement of an object in an image.

misrepresentation

• n. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as,…
• n. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of…
• n. In map-making, faultiness in a map-projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different…