hyperbole

About 0.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Deliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
2. noun An instance or example of such overstatement.
3. noun A hyperbola.

Similar words

exaggeration hyperbolism overstatement hyperbolics auxesis verbosity overexaggeration exaggerativeness exaggeratedness overblownness

Often followed by

and of in is to that or was as

Word family

hyperboles hyperbolist hyperbolists