Synonyms for embellish

Synonyms for (verb) embellish

Synonyms: embellish, fancify, prettify, beautify

Definition: make more beautiful

Similar words: meliorate, improve, ameliorate, amend, better

Definition: to make better

Usage: The editor improved the manuscript with his changes


Synonyms: dramatise, dramatize, aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, pad, embellish, embroider, lard

Definition: add details to

Similar words: exaggerate, amplify, magnify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overdraw, overstate

Definition: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Usage: tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery


Synonyms: embellish, decorate, beautify, adorn, grace, ornament

Definition: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

Usage: Decorate the room for the party; beautify yourself for the special day

Similar words: alter, change, modify

Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue


Synonyms: deck, decorate, embellish, grace, beautify, adorn

Definition: be beautiful to look at

Usage: Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

Similar words: be

Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer


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