the act of exaggerating or overstating.

an instance of exaggerating; an overstatement

His statement concerning the size of his income is a gross exaggeration.

noun

minimization , reduction , understatement , unembellishment

noun

aggrandizement , amplification , baloney * , boasting , caricature , coloring , crock * , elaboration , embroidery , emphasis , enlargement , exaltation , excess , extravagance , fabrication , falsehood , fancy , fantasy , figure of speech , fish story * , flight of fancy * , hogwash * , hyperbole , inflation , jazz * , line * , magnification , misjudgment , misrepresentation , overemphasis , overestimation , pretension , pretentiousness , rant , romance , stretch , tall story , untruth , whopper * , yarn * , hyperbolism , overstatement , tall talk