What is another word for figure of speech?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈɪɡəɹ ɒv spˈiːt͡ʃ], [ fˈɪɡəɹ ɒv spˈiːtʃ], [ f_ˈɪ_ɡ_ə_ɹ ɒ_v s_p_ˈiː_tʃ]
Related words: figure of speech definition, figures of speech in literature, figures of speech examples, figures of speech in speeches, figures of speech in the bible, figures of speech in the iliad and odyssey
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Synonyms for Figure of speech:
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- Homeric simile ,
- Hysteron Proteron ,
- aphorism ,
- axiom ,
- battle cry ,
- binomial ,
- cheer ,
- citation ,
- cite ,
- epic simile .
- casual remarks ,
- de notation ,
- de notations ,
- de-notation ,
- de-notations ,
- figure speech ,
- in sinuation ,
- in sinuations ,
- in-sinuation ,
- in-sinuations ,
- incidental mentions ,
- play words ,
- re mark ,
- re marks ,
- re-marks .
- elaboration ,
- exaltation ,
- extravagance ,
- hogwash ,
- overemphasis ,
- overemphasises ,
- overestimation ,
- romance ,
- tall story .
Other synonyms:
- simile .
Other relevant words:
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- Antonomasia ,
- Aporia ,
- Asyndeton ,
- Floridity ,
- Floweriness ,
- Hyperbolism ,
- Tropology ,
- adornment ,
- adumbration ,
- allegory ,
- allusion ,
- anacoluthon ,
- anadiplosis ,
- analogue ,
- analogy ,
- anaphora ,
- anastrophe ,
- anticlimax ,
- antiphrasis ,
- antistrophe ,
- antithesis ,
- apophasis ,
- aposiopesis ,
- apostrophe ,
- bathos ,
- beauties ,
- catachresis ,
- chiasmus ,
- circumlocution ,
- climax ,
- colors ,
- comparison ,
- conceit ,
- conversion ,
- device ,
- echoism ,
- ecphonesis ,
- elegant variation ,
- ellipsis ,
- embellishment ,
- embroidery ,
- emphasis ,
- euphuism ,
- exaggeration ,
- exclamation ,
- figure ,
- floridness ,
- flourish ,
- flower ,
- frill ,
- gemination ,
- hypallage ,
- hyperbaton ,
- hyperbole ,
- image ,
- inversion ,
- irony ,
- litotes ,
- lushness ,
- luxuriance ,
- malapropism ,
- manner of speaking ,
- meiosis ,
- metonymy ,
- onomatopoeia ,
- ornament ,
- ornamentation ,
- oxymoron ,
- parable ,
- paradox ,
- parallel ,
- paregmenon ,
- parenthesis ,
- periphrasis ,
- personification ,
- pleonasm ,
- preterition ,
- prolepsis ,
- proteron ,
- purple passage ,
- regression ,
- repetition ,
- rhetoric ,
- rhetorical device ,
- sarcasm ,
- satire ,
- similitude ,
- spoonerism ,
- syllepsis ,
- symploce ,
- synecdoche ,
- tall talk ,
- trope ,
- turn of expression ,
- turn of phrase ,
- understatement ,
- way of speaking ,
- zeugma .
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How to use "Figure of speech" in context?
When we use a figure of speech, we are using language in a way that is not literal. There are a few different types of figures of speech and we will discuss a few of them below.
Simile: A simile is when we compare two things that are not usually compared. For example, "She was as lovely as a rose" would be a simile because roses are usually not compared to other plants.
Metaphor: A metaphor is when we use one thing to represent another. For example, "The sky is falling" is a metaphor because the sky is not usually considered to be falling.
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