metaphor 1
noundomain: communication
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
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
Hypernym
trope 1
noun
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
EnglishDerivationally related form
metaphorical 1
adjective
expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
metaphoric 1
adjective
expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
Hyponym
dead metaphor 1
noun
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake')
mixed metaphor 1
noun
a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect
a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities
