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Metaphor

//ˈmɛt.ə.foɹ//

Synonyms for "metaphor" (168 found)

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Informal (16)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

ghost equal phony proxy

Adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

relief irony changeling

Noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

conversion pinch hitter

Noun, verb, slang(2 words)

deputy stand in

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

General use (152)

Noun, verb(25 words)

sign approach copy change image exchange proportion symbol speech reference contrast substitute compare likeness prototype repetition allegory understudy reserves balancing

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trope copying mimicking aping likening

Adj, noun, verb(9 words)

token fake counterfeit alternate equivalent backup surrogate matching weighing

Adj, noun(8 words)

secondary representative makeshift alternative ersatz second string third string analogue

Name, noun(1 words)

Noun(99 words)

agreement opposition correspondence imitation community assimilation relation semblance distinction accordance conformity closeness identity regression approximation imagery comparison emphasis similitude analogy

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simulation substitution parallelism replacement confrontation vicar parity nearness hyperbole similarity symbolism personnel simile sameness resemblance inversion malapropism circumlocution sarcasm vice president antithesis fill-in correlation parenthesis figure of speech oxymoron exclamation vice-president locum tenens ghostwriter stand-in apostrophe personification spoonerism metonymy synecdoche allusion onomatopoeia distinctiveness alliteration pleonasm prolepsis succedaneum substituent utility player supplanter superseder comparability catachresis alikeness periphrasis anaphora antonomasia comparative linguistics litotes comparative anatomy gemination preterition meiosis anacoluthon aposiopesis confrontment hypallage comparative degree comparative literature antiphrasis anastrophe chiasmus hyperbaton aporia ecphonesis zeugma apophasis contrastiveness comparative method syllepsis anadiplosis symploce paregmenon

Name, noun, verb(3 words)

alliance climax spares

Adj, verb(1 words)

vice-regent next best thing comparative grammar comparative judgment trope of comparison

Verb(1 words)

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