Hyperbolism [noun]

Definition of Hyperbolism:

exaggeration

Synonyms of Hyperbolism:

● Aggrandizement

● Amplification

● Baloney

● Boasting

● Caricature

● Coloring

● Crock

● Elaboration

● Embroidery

● Emphasis

● Enlargement

● Exaltation

● Excess

● Extravagance

● Fabrication

● Falsehood

● Fancy

● Fantasy

● Figure of speech

● Fish story

● Flight of fancy

● Hog


Opposite/Antonyms of Hyperbolism:

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Sentence/Example of Hyperbolism:

Some allowance should be made, perhaps, for conventional hyperbolism of style, but vanity has as much to do with it as rhetoric.

He expressed this hyperbolism to allay some disappointment which his friend felt in not hearing him.