metaphor Synonyms

likening personification proportion representation sarcasm similarity similes simile similitude parallel parabole parable likeness litotes malapropism meiosis metaphorical metonymy overstatement oxymoron syllepsis symbol figure of speech comparative literature dead metaphor metonym paregmenon laying it on thick mountain out of molehill figurative expression rhetorical device comparative degree zeugma symbolism symbolization synecdoche token trope tropology typification understatement rhetorical expression adumbration antonomasia apophasis aposiopesis apostrophe catachresis chiasmus comparison