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Word | Metaphor |
Spanish Meaning | metáfora, ,metáfora |
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 / The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation / implied comparison / a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. / a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar / an object, activity, or idea that is used as a symbol of something else, | |
Usage | ⇒ He is fond of using metaphors in his speech ⇒ He soared like an eagleis an example of a simile; "He is an eagle in flight," a metaphor. ⇒ “He was drowning in paperwork” is a metaphor in which having to deal with a lot of paperwork is being compared to drowning in an ocean of water. ⇒ “I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression,” said Mark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors |
Synonyms | comparison, simile, allegory, likeness, analogy, image, figure of speech, metonymy, symbol, trope, similarity, imagery, allusion, figure, contrast, correlation, irony, proportion, catachresis, likening, |
Antonyms | original, Focuses, Focused, yo momma, jhguy, simile, a metaphor as amazing as itself, bob, Fuck, |
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