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Synonyms for hyperbole
haɪˈpɜr bə lihy·per·bole

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Wiktionary4.0 / 2 votes

  1. hyperbolenoun

    Synonyms:
    overstatement, exaggeration

    Antonyms:
    meiosis, understatement

  2. hyperbolenoun

    Extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.

    Synonyms:
    exaggeration, overstatement

    Antonyms:
    understatement, meiosis

  3. hyperbolenoun

    Deliberate exaggeration.

    Synonyms:
    overstatement, exaggeration

    Antonyms:
    understatement, meiosis

  4. hyperbolenoun

    An instance or example of this technique.

    Synonyms:
    overstatement, exaggeration

    Antonyms:
    meiosis, understatement

  5. hyperbolenoun

    A hyperbola.

    Synonyms:
    overstatement, exaggeration

    Antonyms:
    meiosis, understatement

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. hyperbole, exaggerationnoun

    extravagant exaggeration

    Synonyms:
    exaggeration, overstatement, magnification

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hyperbolenoun

    Synonyms:
    (Rhet.) exaggeration

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#38688exaggeration
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How to use hyperbole in a sentence?

  1. Assistant US Attorney Artie McConnell:

    The complaint makes clear that in the wake of the results of the presidential election, this defendant greatly exceeded what can be considered political hyperbole, he used words like' carnage,'' extermination,'' assassination.' He encouraged people to take' offensive action' in an effort to threaten to kill members of the government including law enforcement agents, even going so far as calling for the bombing of an FBI building and citing the Turner Diaries, which has been the inspiration for numerous acts of terrorism including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

  2. Dan Gainor:

    It's almost predictable that some idiot online will write an outlandish story connecting Trump to the villain du jour, all designed to generate web traffic and ad dollars. We worked through all the major historical villains the media could tie the president to -- Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini. They called him a strongman, a dictator and worse. Now it's Manson, Weinstein and probably Mugabe, the media are running out of hyperbole. It's all embarrassingly stupid. No one gets held to account for it. And the cycle begins again with the next clickbait article.

  3. Gavin Newsom:

    This is a matter of life and death, it is not hyperbole to suggest that.

  4. Joe Biden:

    John McCain’s impact on America is not over, it is not hyperbole. It is not over. I don’t think it’s even close.

  5. Lawrence Gross:

    There was a lot of hyperbole, it will have an impact, but it’s not a game changer.


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