Hyperbole

What do we mean by hyperbole?

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton. noun

In rhetoric, an obvious exaggeration; an extravagant statement or assertion not intended to be understood literally. noun

Synonyms See exaggeration. noun

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. noun

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

Deliberate exaggeration. noun

An instance or example of this technique. noun

A hyperbola. noun

Extravagant exaggeration noun

Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

An instance or example of such overstatement.

A hyperbola.

Words that are spelled similarly to hyperbole:
hyperbole, hyperbola, hyperbolae, hyperbolic, hypobole, hyperbolize, hyperope, hyperboles, hypergol, hyperbase, hyperbolas, hyperbolise.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hyperbole:
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Words that rhyme with hyperbole:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe hyperbole:
such, mere, rhetorical, oriental, poetic, extravagant, typical, much, characteristic, political, usual, comic, wild, romantic, pure, journalistic, literary, obvious, absurd, eastern, pardonable, poetical, perpetual, gross, conventional, customary, considerable, strong, excessive, humorous, sheer, lusty, indecent, dramatic, emotional, slight, extreme, grotesque, less, ironic, fantastic, deliberate, violent, visual, grand, occasional, amorous, rectangular, bold, unnatural, exaggerated, conscious, wildest, outrageous, daring, magnificent, famous, understandable, apparent, splendid, florid, ridiculous, verbal, polite, prophetic, playful, sentimental, polemical, vivid, empty, patriotic, gigantic, harmless, enthusiastic, promotional, petrarchan, hysterical, pious, semitic, habitual.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hyperbole:
exaggeration, rules.

Consonant match to hyperbole:
hyperbola.

Words that sound like hyperbole:
hyperbole, hyperbola, hyperbolae, hyperboles, hyperbolize, hyperbolas, hyperbolic, hyperbolise, cyberbully, happily, hubbly, hobbly, hairily, hyperbolized, superbly, harebell, wipeable, herbal, hairball, hairballs, herbel, beer belly, hair balls, hireable, kuiper belt, hierba, hair ball, harper lee, hyperborea, hypergamy, harpley, hypobole.