1 aggrandize, amplify, augment, blow up (informal) boost, build up, deepen, dilate, enlarge, expand, heighten, increase, intensify
2 aggravate, blow up, blow up out of all proportion, dramatize, enhance, exaggerate, inflate, make a federal case of (U.S. informal) make a mountain out of a molehill, make a production (out) of (informal) overdo, overemphasize, overestimate, overplay, overrate, overstate
Antonyms
belittle, decrease, deflate, denigrate, deprecate, diminish, disparage, lessen, lower, minimize, reduce, shrink, understate