Associations to the word «Hyperbole»

Wiktionary

HYPERBOLE, noun. (uncountable) (rhetoric) (literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
HYPERBOLE, noun. (countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.
HYPERBOLE, noun. (countable) (obsolete) A hyperbola.

Dictionary definition

HYPERBOLE, noun. Extravagant exaggeration.

Wise words

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark Twain