Defenition of the word figure of speech

• Defenition of the word figure of speech

  • A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.
  • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Synonyms for the word figure of speech

• • figure
  • image
  • trope

Hyponyms for the word figure of speech

• • conceit
  • exaggeration
  • hyperbole
  • irony
  • kenning
  • metaphor
  • metonymy
  • oxymoron
  • personification
  • prosopopoeia
  • simile
  • synecdoche
  • zeugma

Hypernyms for the word figure of speech

• • rhetorical device

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