metaphor

met·a·phor  (mt-fôr, -fr)

n.

1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage" Shakespeare.

2. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol: "Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated metaphor for the crass, the materialistic, the shallow, and the craven" Neal Gabler.

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[Middle English methaphor, from Old French metaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Greek, transference, metaphor, from metapherein, to transfer : meta-, meta- + pherein, to carry; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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meta·phoric (-fôrk, -fr-), meta·phori·cal adj.

meta·phori·cal·ly adv.

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metaphor

Noun

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally apply to in order to imply a resemblance, for example he is a lion in battle [Greek metapherein to transfer]

metaphorical adj
metaphorically adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

metaphor - 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 figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense dead metaphor, frozen metaphor - 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 - a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect synesthetic metaphor - a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities

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metaphor

noun figure of speech, image, symbol, analogy, emblem, conceit (literary) allegory, trope, figurative expression

Translations

metaphor [ˈmɛtəfəʳ] n → metáfora

metaphor [ˈmɛtəfəʳ] n → métaphore f

metaphor [ˈmɛtəfəʳ] n → Metapher f

metaphor [ˈmɛtəfəʳ] n → metafora

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metaphor

n metaphor [ˈmetəfə]

a form of expression (not using `like' or `as')in which a quality or characteristic is given to a person or thing by using a name, image, adjective etc normally used of something else which has similar qualities etc `He's a tiger when he's angry' is an example of (a) metaphor.metafoorإسْتِعارَه، مَجازметафораmetaforametafordie Metapherμεταφορά (γραμμ.)metáforametafoorتشبیهmetaforamétaphoreמְטָפוֹרָהअलंकारmetafora, poredbametaforametaforamyndhvörf/-hverfing/-líkingmetaforaたとえ은유, 비유metaforametaforametaforabeeldspraakmetaformetaforametáforametaforăметафораmetaforametaforametaforametaforคำอุปมาmecaz, benzetme隱喻, 暗喻метафораاستعارہphép ẩn dụ隐喻

adj ˌmetaˈphoric(al) [-ˈfo-]

of, like or using metaphors metaphorical language.metaforiesإسْتِعاري، مَجازيметафориченmetaforickýmetaforiskmetaphorischμεταφορικόςmetafóricopiltlikمجازیkuvallinenmétaphoriqueמֶטָפוֹרִיरूपकालंकारिकmetaforičanmetaforikusmenggunakan metaforamyndhverfur; myndrænnmetaforicoたとえの은유의, 비유의metaforiškasmetaforisksmetaforafiguurlijkbilledlig, metaforiskmetaforycznymetafóricometa­foricметафорическийmetaforickýmetaforičenmetaforičkimetaforiskเกี่ยวกับการใช้คำอุปมาmecazî隱喻的, 暗喻的метафоричнийاستعاریẩn dụ隐喻的

adv ˌmetaˈphorically

metaforiesإسْتِعاريّا، مَجازيّاметафоричноmetaforickymetaforisktmetaphorischμεταφορικάmetafóricamentepiltlikultمجازاkuvallisestimétaphoriquementבְּצוּרָה מֶטָפוֹרִיתरूपकालंकार की दृ‍ष्टि सेmetaforičkiképletesen, metaforával (élve)secara metaforamyndrænt; á myndhverfðan háttmetaforicamenteたとえで은유적으로metaforiškaimetaforiskisecara metaforametaforischmetaforisk, ved å bruke et bildemetaforyczniemetaforicamentemetaforic (vor­bind)метафорическиmetaforickymetaforičnometaforičkimetaforisktอย่างเปรียบเทียบmecazî olarak隱喻地метафоричноبطور استعارہbằng phép ẩn dụ隐喻地