Hyperbole
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /haɪˈpɜːbəli/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hyperbole is a noun meaning (uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
Meaning
(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
More Meanings
- (countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.
- (countable, geometry, obsolete) A hyperbola.
Example Sentences
Hyperbole soars too high, or creeps too low, Exceeds the truth, things wonderful to shew.
The great staircase, however, may be termed, without much hyperbole, a feature of grandeur and magnificence.
Trump has always believed in “truthful hyperbole,” as he called it in “The Art of the Deal.” But now it’s untruthful hyperbole.
"Nay, nay, good Sumach," interrupted the Deerslayer, whose love of truth was too indomitable to listen to such hyperbole, with patience[…]
Word Forms
- hyperboles
Synonyms for hyperbole
Depending on context, synonyms include overstatement, exaggeration, auxesis.
Antonyms for hyperbole
Common opposites include understatement.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exaggeration, hyperbolism, overstatement, hyperbolics, auxesis, verbosity.
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