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DRAMATIZE Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the word dramatize. (exact relations)
There are 12 hypernyms of the word dramatize. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for DRAMATIZE

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embellish
verbv
verb

• add details to

• be beautiful to look at

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• make more beautiful

amplify
verbv
verb

• increase in size, volume or significance

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

• exaggerate or make bigger

• increase the volume of

deepen
verbv
verb

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• become more intense

• make deeper

• become deeper in tone

emphasize
verbv
verb

• to stress, single out as important

• give extra weight to (a communication)

enhance
verbv
verb

• increase the level of

• make better or more attractive

exaggerate
verbv
verb

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

• do something to an excessive degree

heighten
verbv
verb

• become more extreme

• make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

• increase the level of

• increase the height of

• make (one's senses) more acute

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

hyperbolize
verbv
verb

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

inflate
verbv
verb

• exaggerate or make bigger

• fill with gas or air

• cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

• increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

• become inflated

intensify
verbv
verb

• increase in extent or intensity

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• become more intense

• make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

magnify
verbv
verb

• increase in size, volume or significance

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

• make large

overstate
verbv
verb

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

dramatise
verbv
verb

• put into dramatic form

• represent something in a dramatic manner

• add details to

adopt
verbv
verb

• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

• take up and practice as one's own

• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• take into one's family

• put into dramatic form

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

aggrandise
verbv
verb

• add details to

aggrandize
verbv
verb

• add details to

embroider
verbv
verb

• decorate with needlework

• add details to

lard
nounn
noun

• soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

verb

• prepare or cook with lard

• add details to

pad
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

• the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)

• a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp

• a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort

• a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

• temporary living quarters

• the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger

verb

• add details to

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

• line or stuff with soft material

• add padding to

blow up
verbv
verb

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy

• make large

• get very angry and fly into a rage

• add details to

• burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

• exaggerate or make bigger

• fill with gas or air

• to swell or cause to enlarge

Best Hypernyms For DRAMATIZE

Here is a list of related hypernyms for dramatize, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (12)
amplify compose exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize indite magnify overdraw overstate pen represent write

Alternatives for EMBELLISH

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