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Synonyms for "metaphor" in English

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metaphor:
- metaphor; metaphorical language; imagery

English

Detailed Synonyms for metaphor in English

metaphor:

metaphor [the ~] nomen

the metaphor
the metaphor; the metaphorical language; the imagery
- metaphor [the ~] nomen
- metaphorical language [the ~] nomen
- imagery [the ~] nomen
the metaphor

– a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity ¹
the metaphor
– a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity ¹
- metaphor [the ~] nomen

Related Words for "metaphor":

metaphors

Alternate Synonyms for "metaphor":

trope; figure of speech; figure; image

Related Definitions for "metaphor":

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity¹

Related Synonyms for metaphor

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University