Metaphors Related Words

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Here are some words that are associated with metaphors: simile, figure of speech, image, metonymy, analogy, dead metaphor, allegory, context, antithesis, trope, rhetoric, conceit, narrative, phrase, symbolism, embodiment, cliche, subtext, depiction, fable, evocation, paradox, literal, lesson, as you like it, parable, personification, illustration, cognitive linguistics, hyperbole. You can get the definitions of these metaphors related words by clicking on them. Also check out describing words for metaphors and find more words related to metaphors using ReverseDictionary.org

Words Related to metaphors

Below is a list of words related to metaphors. 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 metaphors:

simile figure of speech image metonymy analogy dead metaphor allegory context antithesis trope rhetoric conceit narrative phrase symbolism embodiment cliche subtext depiction fable evocation paradox literal lesson as you like it parable personification illustration cognitive linguistics hyperbole figure like as latin peculiar aspect spam rhetorician resembles obsession metaphorical describes sort nature irony kind sense essence perspective defining metaphors premise imagination
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refers fits poetic evokes discourse postmodern notion dichotomy myth concept fascinating ironic true apt description relates manifestation storytelling simple conveys unique obvious creates expression reality seems ideal weird interesting characterizes distinguishes sentimental realism vocabulary exists touches verb synonymous humor sensibility singular object cinematic illustrates ambiguity idiosyncratic quirky fashioned aesthetic mind phenomenon archaic subtle word truly vaguely uniquely describe imagery magical genius whimsical modern contradiction becomes personality picture comparison borrowing transposition frozen metaphor mixed metaphor synesthetic metaphor all the world's a stage transfer yiddish idiom juxtaposition motif synonym neologism euphemism paean ode touchstone allusions signifier epigraph shorthand excrescence iconography microcosm archetype epigram fantasia adjective locution phantasmagoria ironies aphorism theme apologia coda colloquialism counterexample dialectic muse pragmatics paraphrase elegy catharsis william shakespeare poetry anatoly liberman cliché old french prose tralatition leitmotif tralation metalepsis hypallage mutandis allegorist synecdoche tropist antipode hyperbaton metonym metafiction sophoclean limitlessness analogist ephemerality cacozelia intertextuality symbolization onanism koans acedia weltanschauung referents epanadiplosis hyperreality hyperrealism ideophone checkmate greek language aristotle i. a. richards redcoat julian jaynes email ghil'ad zuckermann modern hebrew to be knowledge hebrew language ideologies pathetic fallacy mot juste objective correlative rhetorical device abstract noun hysteron proteron expressive style grand guignol set phrase arabic language communism english language server boyle roche argument philologist didactic reference censorship connotation figurative the comment slang hand post wordplay parallel way musicologist synesthesia greece trolley sylvia plath robert frost onomasiology sonja k. foss metaphors we live by george lakoff german fascism russian language czech language sapir-whorf hypothesis wilhelm von humboldt andrew goatly leonard b. meyer the lonely tree caspar david friedrich historical linguistics friedrich nietzsche on truth and lies in a nonmoral sense monty python

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Words Related to metaphors

As you've probably noticed, words related to "metaphors" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "metaphors" are: simile, figure of speech, image, metonymy, and analogy. There are 259 other words that are related to or similar to metaphors listed above. Hopefully the generated list of metaphors 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 metaphors 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 metaphors?

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

Related Words

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 metaphors 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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