Definition for Metaphor:

• A figure of speech expressed in a single word- for example, " the man is a fox," is a metaphor; " the man is as crafty as a fox," is a simile; words used in a figurative sense, as opposed to their literal meaning, are used in metaphor, and the language is called metaphorical.

Synonyms for Metaphor:

• n.

  •
  • anagram,
  • catch-all,
  • clue,
  • borrowing,
  • anglicism,
  • americanism,
  • archaism,
  • Arabism,
  • chant,
  • acrostic.
  •
  • dramatic irony,
  • Deus Ex Machina,
  • characterization,
  • establish,
  • dialog,
  • dialogue,
  • bathos,
  • anthropomorphic,
  • device.
  •
  • alternate.
  •analogy (noun)
  • re-semblances,
  • analogy,
  • re-semblance,
  • re semblances,
  • re semblance.
  •communication (noun)
  • metaphor.
  •comparison (noun)
  • allegory,
  • parallel,
  • simile,
  • similarity.
  •exaggeration (noun)
  • hyperbole.
  •figure of speech (noun)
  • figuration,
  • parallelism,
  • alliteration,
  • imagery,
  • irony,
  • ornament,
  • oxymoron,
  • onomatopoeia,
  • contrast,
  • sarcasm,
  • allusion.
  •figure of speech, implied comparison (noun)
  • symbol,
  • emblem,
  • personification,
  • metonymy,
  • hope.
  •hyperbole (noun)
  • laying on thick,
  • co loring,
  • hyper bole,
  • co lorings,
  • over-statement,
  • hyper-bole,
  • over statements,
  • mountain out molehill,
  • co-lorings,
  • hyper boles,
  • co-loring,
  • over-statements,
  • laying it thick,
  • laying thick,
  • over statement,
  • hyper-boles,
  • embroiderings.
  •phrase (noun)
  • euphemism,
  • catchphrase,
  • motto,
  • epigram,
  • adage,
  • terminology,
  • paragraph,
  • proverb,
  • clause,
  • slogan,
  • Verbalism,
  • cliche,
  • idiom,
  • sentence,
  • locution,
  • mannerism,
  • phraseology,
  • maxim,
  • phrase,
  • expression.
  •representation (noun)
  • bust,
  • silhouette,
  • copy,
  • facsimile,
  • pastiche,
  • illustration,
  • outline,
  • effigy,
  • snapshot,
  • idol,
  • rendering,
  • representation,
  • photograph,
  • model,
  • figurine,
  • cartoon,
  • miniature,
  • duplication,
  • depiction,
  • likeness,
  • picture,
  • portrayal,
  • approximation,
  • cast,
  • replica,
  • statue,
  • imitation,
  • drawing,
  • impression,
  • carving.
  •trope (noun)
  • implied comparison.

• Other synonyms:

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  • ring in,
  • replacement,
  • symbolism,
  • surrogate,
  • successor.
  •
  • standby,
  • stand in.
  •
  • substitute.

Paraphrases for Metaphor:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    transposition, comparison.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    analogy, image, picture.

Antonyms for Metaphor:

• n.

  • figure of speech, implied comparison
    plain speech.
  • Other antonyms:
    record, chronicle, narrative, history, fact.

Metaphor Sentence Examples:

• Or, to change the metaphor, we may say that in almost every instance the jewels that so glitter in their stolen setting were cut and set by Sterne himself.

• Did you not" - cried Tanty, starting again upon her fine vein of metaphor -" did you not deliberately hold the cup of love to those young lips only to nip it in the bud?

Homophones for Metaphor:

• midwifery, man-made fiber, mid-february, mound over, modifier, motive power, mud dauber.

Hypernym for Metaphor:

• n.

  • communication
    dead metaphor, frozen metaphor, synesthetic metaphor, mixed metaphor.

Hyponym for Metaphor:

• n.

  • communication
    figure, figure of speech, trope, image.