Exactitude, n. See exactness.
Exactness, n.
- 1. Accuracy, correctness, faultlessness, precision, nicety, faithfulness, fidelity, rigor, exactitude.
- 2. Strictness, regularity, method, scrupulosity, rigidness, precision, scrupulousness, carefulness.
Exaggerate, v. a. Overstate, overcharge, strain, stretch, overstrain, overcolor, depict extravagantly, color too highly.
Exaggeration, n. Hyperbole, overstatement, stretching, extravagant statement, high coloring.
Exalt, v. a.
- 1. Raise, elevate, erect, lift up, raise high or on high or aloft, make lofty.
- 2. Ennoble, dignify, aggrandize, elevate.
- 3. Praise (highly), extol, magnify, glorify, bless.
Exaltation, n. Elevation, dignity, loftiness, nobility, dignity, grandeur.
Examination, n.
- 1. Inspection, observation.
- 2. Inquiry, search, research, scrutiny, investigation, inquisition.
- 3. Trial by questions (in order to elicit truth or to test qualifications), test.
Examine, v. a.
- 1. Inspect, observe.
- 2. Scrutinize, investigate, study, consider, canvass, test, inquire into, search into, look into, inquire about.
- 3. Interrogate (in order to elicit truth or to test qualifications), catechise, put questions to.
Examiner, n.
- 1. Inspector.
- 2. Inquirer, investigator.