1. Conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')

Derived forms: oxymorons

Type of: figure, figure of speech, image, trope

Encyclopedia: Oxymoron

• hyperbolic function
• hyperbolic geometry
• hyperbolical
• hyperbolically
• hyperbolise
• hyperbolize
• hyperboloid
• hyperboloidal
• hyperborean
• hypercalcaemia
• hypercalcemia
• hypercalcinuria
• hypercalciuria
• hypercapnia
• hypercarbia
• hypercatalectic
• hypercellularity
• hypercholesteremia
• hypercholesterolemia
• hyperchromic anaemia
• hyperchromic anemia
• hypercoaster
• hypercritical
• hypercritically
• hypercriticism