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Antonyms for figure speech
| Grammar : Noun |
Definition of figure speech
- As in hyperbolism : noun exaggeration
- As in tall talk : noun exaggeration
- As in allusion : noun indirect reference; hint
- As in exaggeration : noun overstatement, embellishment
- As in figure of speech : noun turn of expression
Synonyms for figure speech
- adumbration
- aggrandizement
- allegory
- alliteration
- allusion
- amplification
- analogue
- analogy
- anaphora
- anticlimax
- antistrophe
- antithesis
- aposiopesis
- apostrophe
- asyndeton
- baloney
- bathos
- boasting
- caricature
- casual remark
- charge
- citation
- coloring
- communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device
- comparison
- conceit
- connotation
- crock
- denotation
- device
- echoism
- elaboration
- ellipsis
- embroidery
- emphasis
- enlargement
- euphemism
- euphuism
- exaggeration
- exaltation
- excess
- expression
- extravagance
- fabrication
- falsehood
- fancy
- fantasy
- figure of speech
- fish story
- flight of fancy
- flourish
- flower
- hog
- hogwash
- hyperbole
- hyperbolism
- image
- imagery
- implication
- imputation
- incidental mention
- indication
- inference
- inflation
- innuendo
- insinuation
- intimation
- irony
- jazz
- line
- litotes
- magnification
- malapropism
- manner of speaking
- mention
- metaphor
- metonymy
- misjudgment
- misrepresentation
- onomatopoeia
- ornament
- overemphasis
- overestimation
- overstatement
- oxymoron
- parable
- paradox
- parallel
- personification
- play on words
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- proteron
- quotation
- rant
- remark
- rhetoric
- romance
- sarcasm
- satire
- simile
- statement
- stretch
- suggestion
- synecdoche
- tall story
- trope
- tropology
- turn of phrase
- understatement
- untruth
- way of speaking
- whopper
- yarn
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