We found 48 dictionaries that define the word
metaphor:
General (28 matching dictionaries)
- metaphor: Merriam-Webster.com
- metaphor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- metaphor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- metaphor: Collins English Dictionary
- metaphor: Vocabulary.com
- Metaphor, metaphor: Wordnik
- metaphor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- metaphor: Wiktionary
- metaphor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
- metaphor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- metaphor: Infoplease Dictionary
- metaphor: Dictionary.com
- metaphor: Online Etymology Dictionary
- metaphor: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
- Metaphor (designers), Metaphor (disambiguation), Metaphor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
- Metaphor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
- metaphor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
- metaphor: Rhymezone
- Metaphor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
- metaphor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- metaphor: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
- metaphor: Free Dictionary
- metaphor: Mnemonic Dictionary
- metaphor: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
- metaphor: Dictionary/thesaurus
- metaphor: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
Art (8 matching dictionaries)
- metaphor: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
- metaphor: Global Glossary
- Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)
- Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples (No longer online)
- Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
- Metaphor: A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
- ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)
- METAPHOR: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS
Business (4 matching dictionaries)
- MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
- Metaphor: Management Dictionary
- metaphor: Legal dictionary
- BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
- Metaphor: Cybernetics and Systems
- metaphor: Encyclopedia
Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
- Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
- online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
- metaphor: A Word A Day
Religion (1 matching dictionary)
- Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)
Science (1 matching dictionary)
- metaphor: Anthropological Terms
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- Metaphor (In Rap), metaphor: Urban Dictionary
(Note: See
metaphoric as well.)
▸ noun: (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.
▸ noun: (countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
▸ noun: (countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To use a metaphor.
▸ verb: (transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.
analogy,
metaphore,
allegory,
simile,
literalization,
allusion,
symbolism,
synecdoche,
personification,
metonymy,
more...
central,
extended,
visual,
apt,
mixed,
spatial,
powerful,
common,
poetic,
mere,
appropriate
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