Metaphor
Metaphor noun - An elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something.
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Synonyms for Metaphor
Representation and metaphor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Representation" instead a noun "Metaphor".
Nearby Word: metaphorical
Representation
Representation noun - The act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf.
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Synonyms for Representation
Metaphor and representation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Metaphor" instead a noun "Representation".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- image and metaphor
- image and representation
- likeness and metaphor
- likeness and representation
- resemblance and metaphor
- resemblance and representation
- sign and metaphor
- sign and representation
- symbol and metaphor
- symbol and representation
- figure and metaphor
- figure and representation
- example and metaphor
- example and representation
How words are described
| good | good metaphor | good representation |
| physical | physical metaphor | physical representation |
| clear | clear metaphor | clear representation |
| best | best metaphor | best representation |
| Other adjectives: better, similar, usual, common, symbolic, direct, perfect, apt, obvious, actual, real, serious, little, bad, decent, interesting, new, fantastic, visual. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Many filmmakers hearken back to naval or submarine combat as the closest metaphor for space combat available, and consequently use visual devices and images consistent with the representation of eighteenth-century seagoing vessels shooting at each other to place space battles on film.
Source: See the Whites of Their Eyes - In Steven Universe, fusion between gems, while not a direct metaphor for sex so much as a physical representation of a relationship, is also a physical act of extreme intimacy that emerges out of emotional closeness and ultimately produces a new being that is a mix of the two partners.
Source: Rape by Proxy
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Representation and Metaphor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/metaphor/representation
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