English noun: trope |
1. | trope (communication) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
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| Synonyms | figure, figure of speech, image |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rhetorical device |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | conceit, exaggeration, hyperbole, irony, kenning, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, personification, prosopopoeia, simile, synecdoche, zeugma |
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| Domain usage members | bell ringer, blind alley, blockbuster, bull's eye, cakewalk, dawn, domino effect, evening, flip side, goldbrick, home run, housecleaning, lens, mark, megahit, period, rainy day, sleeper, smash hit, summer |
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