Figure of speech
Figure of speech noun - Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.
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Synonyms for Figure of speech
Understatement and figure of speech are semantically related. in turn of expression topic. In some cases you can use "Understatement" instead a noun phrase "Figure of speech".
Understatement
Understatement noun - A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said.
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Synonyms for Understatement
Figure of speech and understatement are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Figure of speech" with "Understatement", this terms are similar.
Nearby Words: understated, understate, understating
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Related pairs
- device and figure of speech
- device and understatement
- ornament and figure of speech
- ornament and understatement
- comparison and figure of speech
- comparison and understatement
- exaggeration and figure of speech
- exaggeration and understatement
- image and figure of speech
- image and understatement
- conceit and figure of speech
- conceit and understatement
- analogy and figure of speech
- analogy and understatement
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