hyperbole

Word Type

n.

hyperbole Meaning Definition

A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.

Synonyms for hyperbole

abandon,abstractionism,aggrandizement,amplification,ballyhoo,big talk,blowing up,boundlessness,burlesque,caricature,coloring,deformation,dilatation,dilation,distortion,egregiousness,embellishment,enhancement,enlargement,enormousness,exaggerating,exaggeration,excess,excessiveness,exorbitance,exorbitancy,expansion,expressionism,extravagance,extravagancy,extreme,extremes,extremism,extremity,fabulousness,false coloring,falsification,garbling,giantism,gigantism,gluttony,grandiloquence,heightening,huckstering,hyperbolism,hypertrophy,immoderacy,immoderateness,immoderation,inaccuracy,incontinence,inflation,injustice,inordinacy,inordinance,inordinateness,intemperance,intemperateness,litotes,magnification,miscoloring,misdrawing,mispainting,misquotation,misreport,misrepresentation,misstatement,misteaching,monstrousness,nimiety,nonrealism,outrageousness,overdevelopment,overdrawing,overemphasis,overestimation,overgreatness,overgrowth,overindulgence,overkill,overlargeness,overmuch,overmuchness,overstatement,perversion,prodigality,profuseness,puffery,puffing up,radicalism,sensationalism,slanting,stretching,superlative,tall talk,too much,too-muchness,touting,travesty,twisting,unconscionableness,understatement,undueness,unreasonableness,unrestrainedness

Synonym Search Links for hyperbole

abandonabstractionismaggrandizementamplificationballyhoobig talkblowing upboundlessnessburlesquecaricaturecoloringdeformationdilatationdilationdistortionegregiousnessembellishmentenhancementenlargementenormousnessexaggeratingexaggerationexcessexcessivenessexorbitanceexorbitancyexpansionexpressionismextravaganceextravagancyextremeextremesextremismextremityfabulousnessfalse coloringfalsificationgarblinggiantismgigantismgluttonygrandiloquenceheighteninghucksteringhyperbolismhypertrophyimmoderacyimmoderatenessimmoderationinaccuracyincontinenceinflationinjusticeinordinacyinordinanceinordinatenessintemperanceintemperatenesslitotesmagnificationmiscoloringmisdrawingmispaintingmisquotationmisreportmisrepresentationmisstatementmisteachingmonstrousnessnimietynonrealismoutrageousnessoverdevelopmentoverdrawingoveremphasisoverestimationovergreatnessovergrowthoverindulgenceoverkilloverlargenessovermuchovermuchnessoverstatementperversionprodigalityprofusenesspufferypuffing upradicalismsensationalismslantingstretchingsuperlativetall talktoo muchtoo-muchnesstoutingtravestytwistingunconscionablenessunderstatementunduenessunreasonablenessunrestrainedness