HYPERBOLE Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

hyperbole

noun

hī-ˈpər-bə-(ˌ)lē

Definition of hyperbole

as in exaggeration

the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts "enough food to feed a whole army" is a common example of hyperbole

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Recent Examples of hyperbole There is a one in a million chance — that hyperbole is fair — of finding a piece of grass that isn’t up to snuff for the Bos family. — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 23 June 2026 The trailer for the upcoming season of Project Runway dropped today, and the marquee moment is Christian Siriano revealing that Banks is going to be a permanent judge on the upcoming season, trademark hyperbole and all. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 June 2026 Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose. — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Yes, some of this may be hyperbole. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Time, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hyperbole

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Noun

In her Tinker Bell costume, Ashley seems as thirsty for a peach as Shamea is, reveling in the opportunity to tell her side of the story but obviously sprinkling her own fairy dust of exaggeration into the narrative.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 27 July 2026
Art to me is a way to find beauty behind the lies and exaggerations.

— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of exaggeration

Noun

Absolutely is still Abby, but an exaggerated, almost caricature of Abby, rather than a separate thing.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026
The assemblage turned the damaging caricature into a revolutionary hero, and made Saar a star of the Black Arts movement.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of caricature

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