hyperbole
English Thesaurus
1. extravagant exaggeration (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | figure, figure of speech, image, trope, |
| definition | : | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate, |
| definition | : | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | hyperbolic, inflated, |
| definition | : | enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate, |
| definition | : | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | hyperbolic, inflated, |
| definition | : | enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness (adj.all) |
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