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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