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

WEAK

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

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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

WEAK

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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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

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

Ka Mate was the chosen haka in 2007 in Cardiff, where France stood just a meter away, arm-in-arm, eyeballing hard and electrifying a hyped-up World Cup quarterfinal.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2023

I first began to suspect that this story was a hyped-up mess when I went looking for a concrete example of someone who had been “juice jacked.”

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2023

“We’re not freaks, Tally. Were normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we’re not hyped-up Barbie dolls.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

hyped-up

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