metaphor

Noun

1. 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
   • Less specific
     • trope
     • figure of speech
     • figure
     • image
   • More specific
     • dead metaphor
     • frozen metaphor
     • mixed metaphor
     • synesthetic metaphor
   • Related
     • metaphorical
     • metaphoric
     • metaphorical
     • metaphoric