noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who uses or deals in tropes.
2. 2
   One who avoids the literal meaning of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.

Synonyms

All synonyms

troper

Etymology

From trope + -ist. Compare French tropiste.

Related phrases

figure of speech

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.