Metaphorical Related Words

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Here are some words that are associated with metaphorical: simile, metaphoric, figurative, nonliteral, literal, analogy, poetic, allegorical, hackneyed, metaphysical, fanciful, portentous, mystical, trite, prosaic, filmic, as you like it, cognitive linguistics, latin, allegory, meanings, absurdity, metaphor, allusions, whimsy, playfulness, allusion, juxtaposition, conflation, embellishment. You can get the definitions of these metaphorical related words by clicking on them. Also check out describing words for metaphorical and find more words related to metaphorical using ReverseDictionary.org

Words Related to metaphorical

Below is a list of words related to metaphorical. You can click words for definitions. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for common-ish words. Here's the list of words that are related to metaphorical:

simile metaphoric figurative nonliteral literal analogy poetic allegorical hackneyed metaphysical fanciful portentous mystical trite prosaic filmic as you like it cognitive linguistics latin allegory meanings absurdity metaphor allusions whimsy playfulness allusion juxtaposition conflation embellishment profundity dichotomy unspoken obscures flatness conveys descriptive incongruity ambiguity iconographic artifice intricacy symbolism crudest peculiar plausibility conceit denotation devilish
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whimsical vagueness artificiality metaphors generalisation lyrical referencing generalization subtext otherworldly idealization contradiction idiomatic conceits stylistic vocabulary wordplay deriving subtlety strangeness wistfulness evocative verisimilitude imitation performative contrivance peculiarity narratives pastiche derivation punning randomness distinguishes florid aural earnestness signification approximating subtler theatricality narrative phraseology signifier scriptural truer otherness all the world's a stage cliché william shakespeare scatological novelistic loopy timelessness euphemistic cliched jokey tongue-in-cheek checkmate proverbial chthonic semiotic rhetorical phallic imaginary symbolic existential bodiless esque fantastical mythic ontological philosophical corporeal banal hieratic absurdist stygian deathless inescapable illimitable inanimate pointlessness mythological cinematic deadening diagrammatic postmodern fleshly cosmic disembodied surrealistic reductive miry allusive gratuitous fleshless phantasmal epistemological protoplasmic primeval leaden hyperbolic faery metonymy stylization i. a. richards old french musicologist dantean sophoclean excremental unnamable liminal connotative aleatory wordsworthian graspable overdetermined spiderlike ludic onanistic hemingwayesque quotidian fetishistic hifalutin oedipal splintery depthless overfamiliar purgatorial dostoevskian oneiric macrocosmic polysyllabic gnomic holmesian tenebrous denotative aphoristic zoomorphic epiphanic writerly scabrous pythonesque joycean whomps unpoetic greek language dead metaphor onomasiology boyle roche redcoat memento mori grand guignol objective correlative nether region metaphors we live by george lakoff knowledge mark blechner ideologies communism philologist leonard meyer caspar david friedrich historical linguistics friedrich nietzsche on truth and lies in a nonmoral sense sylvia plath robert frost russian language czech language sapir-whorf hypothesis german fascism wilhelm von humboldt andrew goatly

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Words Related to metaphorical

As you've probably noticed, words related to "metaphorical" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "metaphorical" are: simile, metaphoric, figurative, nonliteral, and literal. There are 220 other words that are related to or similar to metaphorical listed above. Hopefully the generated list of metaphorical related words above suit your needs.

P.S. There are some problems that I'm aware of, but can't currently fix (because they are out of the scope of this project). The main one is that individual words can have many different senses (meanings), so when you search for a word like mean, the engine doesn't know which definition you're referring to ("bullies are mean" vs. "what do you mean?", etc.), so consider that your search query for words like metaphorical may be a bit ambiguous to the engine in that sense, and the related terms that are returned may reflect this. You might also be wondering: What type of word is metaphorical?

Also check out metaphorical words on relatedwords.io for another source of associations.

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Related Words runs on several different algorithms which compete to get their results higher in the list. One such algorithm uses word embedding to convert words into many dimensional vectors which represent their meanings. The vectors of the words in your query are compared to a huge database of of pre-computed vectors to find similar words. Another algorithm crawls through Concept Net to find words which have some meaningful relationship with your query. These algorithms, and several more, are what allows Related Words to give you... related words - rather than just direct synonyms.

As well as finding words related to other words, you can enter phrases and it should give you related words and phrases, so long as the phrase/sentence you entered isn't too long. You will probably get some weird results every now and then - that's just the nature of the engine in its current state.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used to bring you this list of metaphorical themed words: @Planeshifter, @HubSpot, Concept Net, WordNet, and @mongodb.

There is still lots of work to be done to get this to give consistently good results, but I think it's at the stage where it could be useful to people, which is why I released it.

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