embroidery | Definition of embroidery

Synonyms and Antonyms of embroidery

1 decorative stitching done on cloth with the use of a needle

she's been able to turn her skill at embroidery into a second business selling decorative items

Synonyms of embroidery

Words Related to embroidery

crewel, cross-stitch, needlepoint

fagoting (or faggoting), hemstitch, smocking

2 the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts

it's doubtful that she ever told an anecdote without considerable embroidery

Synonyms of embroidery

caricature, coloring, elaboration, embellishment, embroidering, exaggeration, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, padding, stretching

Words Related to embroidery

amplification, enhancement

fabrication, misrepresentation

fudging, hedging

Near Antonyms of embroidery

belittlement, disparagement, minimizing, poor-mouthing

Antonyms of embroidery

meiosis, understatement