Trope synonyms

trōp

(Uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn't, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile.

figure-of-speech

(Idiomatic) A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.

comparison (related)

A statement or estimate of similarities and differences.

figure

A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.

archaism (related)

archetype (related)

poetic-language (related)

topos (related)

signifier (related)

intertextuality (related)

hypertextuality (related)

meta-narrative (related)

allegory (related)

analogy

(Biology) Correspondence in function or position between organs of dissimilar evolutionary origin or structure.

simile (related)

A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, dissimilar thing by the use of like, as, etc. (Ex.: a heart as big as a whale, her tears flowed like wine)

image

(--- Bible) A sculptured figure used as an idol

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