metaphor

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noun

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 (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
metaphoric, metaphorical
• Hypernyms:
trope, figure of speech, figure, image
• Hyponyms:
dead metaphor, frozen metaphor, mixed metaphor, synesthetic metaphor