ellipsis Synonyms

eclipsis abbreviation metaphor malapropism ellipse contraction conciseness compression clipping omission oxymoron shortening simile syncope truncation figure of speech elision suspension points bathos banish asyndeton abridgment abstract adumbration allegory allusion analogue analogy anaphora anticlimax antistrophe antithesis apheresis aphesis aphetic apocope aposiopesis apostrophe something shortened