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laying it on thick

  • as inhyperbole
  • as ininveigle
  • as inoverplay
  • as inoverstate
  • as inbutter up
  • as incajole
  • as insweet-talk
  • as inaffect
  • as inexaggerate
  • as inflatter
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Synonyms for laying it on thick

noun exaggeration
  • hype
  • metaphor
  • overstatement
  • PR
  • amplification
  • coloring
  • distortion
  • embellishment
  • enlargement
  • magnification
  • big talk
  • embroidering
  • laying it on thick
  • mountain out of molehill
  • tall talk

Antonyms for laying it on thick

  • compression
  • decrease
  • lessening
  • understatement
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to laying it on thick

hyperbole

noun. exaggeration
  • PR
  • amplification
  • big talk
  • coloring
  • distortion
  • embellishment
  • embroidering
  • enlargement
  • hype
  • laying it on thick
  • magnification
  • metaphor
  • mountain out of molehill
  • overstatement
  • tall talk
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.