Synonyms for hyperbolize
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Verb
1. Exaggerate — to represent or talk about with hyperbole
exaggerate, overstate, stretch, three-sheet, amplify, gin up informal, overdo, magnify, overdraw, overemphasize, overemphasise UK, cut it fat slang dated UK, overcharge dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
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Related words
- Other spellings
- hyperbolise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- hyperbolized
e.g. hyperbolized → exaggerated, overstated, stretched, three-sheeted…
Example sentences
- stretch My friend got to ride a stretch limousine to prom!
- exaggerate She seems to have a tendency to exaggerate things.
- overstate The importance of this topic is hard to overstate.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hyperbolize | steady | |
| stretch | rising | |
| exaggerate | steady | |
| overstate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- overdo3
- 7 letters
- stretch1, amplify3, magnify3
- 8 letters
- overdraw3
- 9 letters
- overstate3
- 10 letters
- exaggerate4, overcharge3
- 13 letters
- overemphasize5, overemphasise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (overdo3 = 3 syllables).