figure_of_speech | ||
1. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | |
Synonyms: | image figure trope | |
Related terms: | rhetorical_device metaphor hyperbole simile oxymoron synecdoche kenning personification irony metonymy zeugma lens blind_alley | |
Similar spelling: |
figure_of_eight fissure_of_Sylvius |