metaphor (n)

n07106800

type n
lex_filenum 10
def 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
Outgoing links
Hypernym trope, figure of speech, figure, image
Derivationally related form metaphor → metaphoric
Derivationally related form metaphor → metaphorical
Hyponym dead metaphor, frozen metaphor; mixed metaphor; synesthetic metaphor
Incoming links
Derivationally related form metaphoric → metaphor
Derivationally related form metaphorical → metaphor
Hyponym trope, figure of speech, figure, image
Hypernym dead metaphor, frozen metaphor; mixed metaphor; synesthetic metaphor

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