SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
hyperbolic
adjective
Marked by exaggerated language; in mathematics, relating to a hyperbola or certain related structures.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Exaggerated in expression
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Usage distinction
Return to topHere hyperbolic concerns language made deliberately excessive, rather than a mathematical curve.
Concerning a hyperbola
No close substitute is listed for this sense. The expressions below help explain the idea.
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Usage distinction
Return to topThe mathematical meaning is technical. Exaggerated is not a substitute in mathematics or in hyperbolic discounting.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See hyperbolic in use
Calling a short queue an endless ordeal was a hyperbolic description.
A hyperbolic blurb claimed that the seminar's new story would make every previous tale vanish from readers' memories.
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