Word Meanings - METAPHOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea. Abbott & Seeley. "All the world's a stage." Shak. Note: The statement, "that man

Additional info about word: METAPHOR

The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea. Abbott & Seeley. "All the world's a stage." Shak. Note: The statement, "that man is a fox," is a metaphor; but "that man is like a fox," is a simile, similitude, or comparison.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of METAPHOR)

• Allegory
• Parable
• metaphor
• fable
• illustration
• image
• Figure
• Aspect
• shape
• emblem
• type
• condition
• appearance
• form
• symbol
• likeness
• delineation
• Image
• Statue
• representation
• effigy
• copy
• idea
• conception
• fiction
• shadow
• picture
• vision
• Imagery
• Poetry
• fancy
• similitude

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of METAPHOR)

• Pervert
• distort
• misadapt
• misdelineate
• derange
• discompose
• misconstrue
• misproduce
• caricature

Related words: (words related to METAPHOR)

• SYMBOLISTIC; SYMBOLISTICAL
  Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
• STATUELESS
  Without a statue.
• METAPHORIST
  One who makes metaphors.
• DERANGER
  One who deranges.
• DERANGEMENT
  The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity;
• STATUED
  Adorned with statues. "The statued hall." Longfellow. "Statued niches." G. Eliot.
• SHADOWY
  1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
• VISIONARY
  1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson. 2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given
• SHAPE
  is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and
• DERANGED
  Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.
• CONDITIONALITY
  The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
• SYMBOLISM
  The science of creeds; symbolics. (more info) 1. The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms. 2. A system
• DELINEATION
  1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from
• EMBLEMIZE
  To represent by an emblem; to emblematize.
• CONCEPTIONAL
  Pertaining to conception.
• CONDITIONAL
  Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
• FANCYWORK
  Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.
• STATUELIKE
  Like a statue; motionless.
• EFFIGY
  The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes
• STATUETTE
  A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine.
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• SUPERCONCEPTION
  Superfetation. Sir T. Browne.
• INEFFABLENESS
  The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
• SPINDLE-SHAPED
  Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle.
• DIAMOND-SHAPED
  Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
• STRAP-SHAPED
  Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
• DEPICTURE
  To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict. Several persons were depictured in caricature. Fielding.
• MISDIVISION
  Wrong division.