exaggerators

noun

plural of exaggerator
as in liars

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  1. liars
  2. fabulists
  3. fabricators
  4. storytellers
Noun
  • Matthew Stafford and Josh Allen are two of the best liars in football.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The actual journalism these mags do now stands out in a crowded landscape of liars and unsourced sources.
    — Lindsey Weber, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of liars
Noun
  • Human fabulists aren’t the only ones who sometimes lure tourists to less-than-authentic sites.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Academia—like business, electoral politics, and the tech sector—has loads of fabulists and tons of bunk.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of fabulists
Noun
  • Selection panels should include makers, architects, fabricators, conservators, historians, and citizens — not only curators.
    — Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Since June, over 130 artists, fabricators, and volunteers have worked on the project at Seaport Studios in Richmond, California.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of fabricators
Noun
  • To join Chanel and the Women’s Prize Trust in celebrating the launch of their new Originators program, a guest list filled with scriveners, storytellers, and Substackers turned out in droves.
    — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Apple also hopes that the Duo will earn a cultural cachet among storytellers and other artists, many of whom, like loyal Apple customers, still regard the company more as a maker of useful tools rather than as the enemy Big Tech has become.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of storytellers
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