Synonyms for "metaphorize" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

assimilatebalancecompareconfront

Strong matches (5)

contrastcounterposefigurelikenmatch

Related words (9)

measureopposeparallelpersonalizepersonifyrelateset offsymbolizeweigh

Related word relations

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3 relation types

derived

2 entries

demetaphorizeremetaphorize

derived from

1 entries

metaphor

related to

1 entries

metaphor

Translations

8 translations across 7 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• метафоризирам verb (describe something using metaphors)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 比喻 verb (describe something using metaphors)

Finnish

1 entries

• vertauskuvallistaa verb (describe something using metaphors)

French

1 entries

• métaphoriser verb (describe something using metaphors)

Italian

2 entries

• metaforeggiare verb (describe something using metaphors)
• metaforizzare verb (describe something using metaphors)

Korean

1 entries

• 은유를 사용하여 기술하다 verb (describe something using metaphors)

Spanish

1 entries

• metaforizar verb (describe something using metaphors)

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