Word

figure of speech, n.
freq. cnt. 1

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

figure figure of speech image trope

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tropical

semantic pointers

member of this domain (usage)

cakewalk blind alley blockbuster, megahit, smash hit sleeper bull's eye, bell ringer, mark, home run housecleaning goldbrick helm lens domino effect flip side period summer dawn evening rainy day

hypernym

rhetorical device

hyponym

conceit irony exaggeration, hyperbole kenning metaphor metonymy oxymoron personification, prosopopoeia simile synecdoche zeugma