Synonyms of hyperbole

hyperbole

noun

hī-ˈpər-bə-(ˌ)lē 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exaggeration
• caricature
• overstatement
• stretching
• enhancement
• coloring
• magnification
• elaboration
• embroidery
• fabrication
• embellishment
• padding
• misrepresentation
• hype
• embroidering
• amplification
• hedging
• puffery
• fudging
• superlative

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• understatement
• meiosis
• disparagement
• belittlement
• minimizing
• poor-mouthing

Example Sentences

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

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