Metaphor

//ˈmɛt.ə.foɹ//

Synonyms for "metaphor" (168 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (50)

Related words (84)

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8 relation types

More general

4 entries

Related terms

6 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

20 entries

Showing 16 of 20 words.

has context

2 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

11 entries

used for

1 entries

Translations

130 translations across 67 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • metafoor noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafoor noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Albanian

1 entries
  • metaforë noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μεταφορά noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • μεταφορά noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Arabic

1 entries
  • اِسْتِعَارَة noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Armenian

2 entries
  • մետաֆոր noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • փոխաբերություն noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • istiarə noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • məcaz noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • мета́фара noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • мета́фора noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • метафора noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရူပကအလင်္ကာ noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Catalan

1 entries
  • metàfora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 比喻 noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 比喻 noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • 比喻 noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)
  • 比擬 /比拟 noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)
  • 象徵 /象征 noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Czech

2 entries
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Danish

2 entries
  • metafor noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafor noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Dutch

4 entries
  • beeldspraak noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafoor noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafoor noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)
  • vergelijking noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • metaforo noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metaforo noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Estonian

1 entries
  • metafoor noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Finnish

2 entries
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

French

2 entries
  • métaphore noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • métaphore noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Galician

1 entries
  • metáfora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მეტაფორა noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

German

2 entries
  • Metapher noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • Metapher noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Greek

2 entries
  • μεταφορά noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • μεταφορά noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מֶטָפוֹרָה noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Hindi

1 entries
  • रूपक noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hasonlóságon alapuló névátvitel noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • myndhverfing noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • myndlíking noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • kiasan noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • majas noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Irish

1 entries
  • meafar noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Italian

4 entries
  • figura retorica noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)
  • tropo noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Japanese

4 entries
  • メタファー noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • 暗喩 noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • 比喩 noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • 比喩 noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ರೂಪಕ noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • метафора noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ធម្មារម្មណ៍ noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Korean

3 entries
  • 비유 noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • 암유 noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • 은유 noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • метафора noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຄຳອຸບປະມາ noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • ຄໍາອຸປະມາ noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Latvian

1 entries
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • мета́фора noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Malay

1 entries
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • зүйрлэл noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Māori

2 entries
  • huahuatau noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • kupu whakarite noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • metafor noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafor noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • metafor noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafor noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Persian

2 entries
  • استعاره noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • مجاز noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Polish

4 entries
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)
  • przenośnia noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • przenośnia noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • metáfora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metáfora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Romanian

2 entries
  • metaforă noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metaforă noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Russian

2 entries
  • мета́фора noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • мета́фора noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • metàfora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metàfora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)
  • мета̀фора noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • мета̀фора noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Slovak

1 entries
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Slovene

2 entries
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Spanish

2 entries
  • metáfora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metáfora noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Swahili

1 entries
  • sitiari noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Swedish

2 entries
  • metafor noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafor noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • metapora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Tajik

2 entries
  • истиора noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • маҷоз noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Tatar

1 entries
  • метафора noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Thai

3 entries
  • อุปมา noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • อุปลักษณ์ noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • อุปไมย noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Turkish

4 entries
  • istiare noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • mecaz noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafor noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafor noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • мета́фора noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Urdu

1 entries
  • استعارہ noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • istiora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • majoz noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • metafora noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • phép ẩn dụ noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)
  • ẩn dụ noun (uncountable: figure of speech)
  • ẩn dụ noun (countable: word or phrase used in metaphor)

Welsh

1 entries
  • trosiad noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מעטאַפֿאָר noun (uncountable: figure of speech)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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"He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.

Source: tatoeba (73590)

It's apparently a metaphor for something uncatchable, light of body and fleet of foot.

Source: tatoeba (402421)

"A fish out of water" is a metaphor for being unable to use your talents due to a change of environment.

Source: tatoeba (426495)

To the ancient Yogis, the body was seen as a vehicle for the soul, and this is a useful metaphor in the modern context.

Source: tatoeba (530823)

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