All hype synonyms
hype
H h noun hype
- buildup — praise or favorable publicity, esp. when systematic and intended to make something popular, well-known, etc.
- promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- advertising — Advertising is the activity of creating advertisements and making sure people see them.
- plugging — a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- publicity — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- propaganda — information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
- excitement — A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
- flimflam — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- hot air — empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing: His report on the company's progress was just so much hot air.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- puff — a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
verb hype
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicize — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- tout — to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
- push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- advertise — If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.
- plug — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.