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Synonyms for "figure of speech" in English

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figure of speech:
- figure of speech; image; figure; trope

English

Detailed Synonyms for figure of speech in English

figure of speech:

figure of speech [the ~] nom

the figure of speech
the figure of speech
- figure of speech [the ~] nom
the figure of speech

– language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense ¹
the image; the figure; the figure of speech; the trope
– language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense ¹
- image [the ~] nom
- figure [the ~] nom
- figure of speech [the ~] nom
- trope [the ~] nom

Alternate Synonyms for "figure of speech":

trope; figure; image; rhetorical device

Related Definitions for "figure of speech":

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense¹

Related Synonyms for figure of speech

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