What is another word for oxymoron?
142 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˌɒksɪmˈɔːɹɒn], [ ˌɒksɪmˈɔːɹɒn], [ ˌɒ_k_s_ɪ_m_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɒ_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for oxymoron:Synonyms for Oxymoron:
adj.
•Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- battle cry,
- cite,
- axiom,
- binomial,
- cheer,
- adage,
- aphorism,
- citation,
- cliche,
- catchphrase.
- comparison,
- anticlimax,
- manner of speaking,
- parallelism,
- contrast,
- ornament,
- adumbration,
- alliteration,
- echoism,
- rhetoric,
- euphuism,
- figuration,
- bathos,
- analogy,
- flower,
- parable,
- Tropology,
- analogue,
- expression,
- Asyndeton,
- imagery,
- understatement,
- euphemism,
- flourish,
- device,
- ellipsis,
- apostrophe,
- antithesis,
- communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device,
- onomatopoeia,
- sarcasm,
- conceit,
- turn of phrase,
- antistrophe,
- malapropism,
- way of speaking,
- proteron,
- anaphora,
- parallel,
- aposiopesis,
- exaggeration,
- satire,
- allusion.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- irony,
- stylistics,
- synecdoche,
- linguistics,
- litotes,
- hyperbole,
- simile,
- paradox,
- absurdity,
- effect,
- personification,
- metaphor,
- rhetorical device,
- statement,
- Antanaclasis,
- allegory,
- Antinomy,
- contradiction,
- metonymy.
- Irreconcilability,
- riddle,
- frame,
- bod,
- ikon,
- Steganography,
- pattern,
- fig,
- nonplus,
- chassis,
- Incommensurability,
- equivocation,
- crux,
- enigma,
- incongruity,
- incompatibility,
- nonconformity,
- speech,
- Pons Asinorum,
- heterodoxy,
- knot,
- impossible,
- puzzle,
- nodus,
- impossibility,
- vexed question,
- incoherence,
- heterogeneity,
- quandary,
- heresy,
- equivocality,
- Self-contradiction,
- asymmetry,
- unorthodoxy,
- anatomy,
- disproportionateness,
- teaser,
- poser,
- Inconsonance,
- freemasonry,
- perplexity,
- inconceivability,
- hopelessness,
- dilemma,
- ambiguity,
- paradigm,
- secret,
- effigy,
- ambivalence,
- flesh,
- design,
- disproportion,
- inconsistency,
- digit,
- epitome,
- number,
- name,
- impossibleness,
- Unconformity,
- node,
- form.
Hyponym for Oxymoron:
n.
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communication
figure of speech, trope, figure, image.
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communication