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Definitions

hyped-up

[hahypt-uhp] / ˈhaɪptˈʌp /
ADJECTIVE
artificial
Synonyms
STRONG
unreal
WEAK
bogus counterfeit ersatz fabricated factitious faked false manufactured mock phony plastic sham simulated specious spurious substitute synthetic unnatural
Antonyms
WEAK
genuine natural real unaffected unpretentious
ADJECTIVE
dynamic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aggressive changing charismatic compelling effective energetic forceful influential lively potent powerful productive progressive vigorous
STRONG
activating driving electric energizing go ahead go-getter
WEAK
coming on strong enterprising forcible go-getting high-powered intense lusty magnetic peppy play for keeps play hard ball red-blooded strenuous vehement vitalizing zippy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fruitless idle impotent inactive incapable ineffective lethargic lifeless unproductive weak
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apathetic boring dull passive unexciting
ADJECTIVE
fictitious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apocryphal bogus counterfeit fabricated false fanciful fictional imaginary make believe misleading mythical phony sham spurious
WEAK
artificial assumed chimerical concocted cooked-up created deceptive delusive delusory dishonest ersatz factitious fake faked fantastic fashioned feigned fictive figmental illusory imagined improvised invented made mock romantic simulated suppositious supposititious synthetic trumped-up unreal
Antonyms
STRONGEST
authentic factual genuine honest real sincere true truthful
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actual certain confirmed proven sure
ADJECTIVE
invented
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assumed created fabricated fanciful fictional imaginary imagined made-up simulated unreal
STRONG
concocted counterfeit fake faked fashioned feigned improvised made misleading mock sham
WEAK
apocryphal artificial bogus chimerical cooked-up deceptive delusive delusory dishonest ersatz factitious false fantastic fantastical fictive figmental illusory make believe mythical phony romantic spurious suppositious supposititious synthetic trumped-up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
genuine real true
STRONG
truthful
ADJECTIVE
overblown
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disproportionate inflated pretentious superfluous
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aureate bombastic euphuistic flowery fulsome grandiloquent immoderate magniloquent oratorical overdone pompous profuse rhetorical sonorous turgid undue verbose windy
Antonyms
WEAK
underrated undervalued
ADJECTIVE
overrated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exaggerated overpriced
STRONG
overestimated overpaid
WEAK
overpromoted puffed-up pumped-up

Example Sentences

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You can’t “control” a spontaneous gathering of thousands of hyped-up people in a park during a blizzard.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

The terms of the agreement might seem purposely vague—a case of two hyped-up AI stocks teaming up on a task that no one really understands.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Funny, in the week leading up to the hyped-up Harbaugh Bowl — the third iteration of the NFL’s only brother-to-brother matchup of head coaches — the Ravens coach had to heed his own advice.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

Things went from bad to worse for the New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys, with the Chicago Bears another hyped-up side struggling to keep their season alive.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

Princeton scrawls on something that looks like a hyped-up mouse pad and it shows up on Namitha’s screen.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.