metaphor, n.
(metaphors)
freq. cnt. 3
(metaphors)
freq. cnt. 3
a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
metaphor
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym