What is another word for figure of speech?
176 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ fˈɪɡəɹ ɒv spˈiːt͡ʃ], [ fˈɪɡəɹ ɒv spˈiːtʃ], [ f_ˈɪ_ɡ_ə_ɹ ɒ_v s_p_ˈiː_tʃ]Table of Contents
Similar words for figure of speech:- allusion (noun)
- communication (noun)
- exaggeration (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- phrase (noun)
- tall talk (noun)
- turn of expression (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Figure of speech:
n.
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- aphorism,
- metonymy,
- irony,
- parable,
- synecdoche,
- axiom,
- satire,
- apostrophe,
- malapropism,
- binomial,
- comparison,
- battle cry,
- adumbration,
- Hysteron Proteron,
- onomatopoeia,
- analogue,
- epic simile,
- parallel,
- repetition,
- sarcasm,
- cheer,
- allegory,
- understatement,
- Homeric simile,
- personification,
- paradox,
- litotes,
- euphuism,
- cite,
- citation,
- oxymoron,
- hyperbole.
- figure speech,
- in sinuation,
- play words,
- in sinuations,
- casual remarks,
- incidental mentions,
- re mark,
- de-notations,
- de notation,
- in-sinuations,
- re-marks,
- de-notation,
- de notations,
- in-sinuation,
- re marks.
- overestimation,
- exaltation,
- overemphasises,
- elaboration,
- tall talk,
- overemphasis,
- romance,
- tall story,
- extravagance,
- Hyperbolism,
- hogwash.
- remark,
- exaggeration,
- casual remark,
- allusion,
- Re-mark,
- mention,
- rhetorical device,
- incidental mention,
- imputation,
- statement,
- inference.
Other synonyms:
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- simile.
- exclamation,
- Antonomasia,
- luxuriance,
- prolepsis,
- antistrophe,
- anadiplosis,
- device,
- anacoluthon,
- echoism,
- antiphrasis,
- climax,
- turn of expression,
- emphasis,
- apophasis,
- chiasmus,
- floridness,
- preterition,
- ellipsis,
- colors,
- anaphora,
- spoonerism,
- Tropology,
- ornamentation,
- Aporia,
- analogy,
- periphrasis,
- gemination,
- frill,
- parenthesis,
- similitude,
- inversion,
- turn of phrase,
- Floridity,
- flourish,
- lushness,
- flower,
- meiosis,
- syllepsis,
- conceit,
- ornament,
- aposiopesis,
- catachresis,
- symploce,
- conversion,
- circumlocution,
- ecphonesis,
- pleonasm,
- manner of speaking,
- elegant variation,
- hypallage,
- hyperbaton,
- regression,
- purple passage,
- embellishment,
- adornment,
- embroidery,
- paregmenon,
- zeugma,
- bathos,
- way of speaking,
- beauties,
- rhetoric,
- anastrophe,
- Floweriness,
- Asyndeton,
- anticlimax,
- proteron,
- antithesis.
Hypernym for Figure of speech:
n.
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communication
metaphor, personification, kenning, oxymoron, prosopopoeia, zeugma, conceit, hyperbole, irony, simile, synecdoche, exaggeration, metonymy.
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communication
Hyponym for Figure of speech:
n.
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communication
rhetorical device.
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communication