trope (n)
figure of speech (n)
figure#1 (n)
image (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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Hypernym rhetorical device
Derivationally related form trope → tropical
Member of this domain - USAGE cakewalk; blind alley; blockbuster, megahit, smash hit; sleeper; bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run; housecleaning; goldbrick; lens; domino effect; flip side; period; summer; dawn; evening; rainy day
Hyponym conceit; irony; hyperbole, exaggeration; kenning; metaphor; metonymy; oxymoron; personification, prosopopoeia; simile; synecdoche; zeugma
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Derivationally related form tropical → trope
Domain of synset - USAGE cakewalk; blind alley; blockbuster, megahit, smash hit; sleeper; bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run; housecleaning; goldbrick; lens; domino effect; flip side; period; summer; dawn; evening; rainy day
Hyponym rhetorical device
Hypernym conceit; irony; hyperbole, exaggeration; kenning; metaphor; metonymy; oxymoron; personification, prosopopoeia; simile; synecdoche; zeugma

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