Antonyms for metaphor
ˈmɛt əˌfɔr, -fərmetaphor

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1. metaphor

   In modern usage we may say that an allegory is an extended simile, while a metaphor is an abbreviated simile contained often in a phrase, perhaps in a word. The simile carries its comparison on the surface, in the words as, like, or similar expressions; the metaphor is given directly without any note of comparison. The allegory, parable, or fable tells its story as if true, leaving the reader or hearer to discover its fictitious character and learn its lesson. All these are, in strict definition, fictions; but the word fiction is now applied almost exclusively to novels or romances. An allegory is a moral or religious tale, of which the moral lesson is the substance, and all descriptions and incidents but accessories, as in "The Pilgrim's Progress." A fable is generally briefer, representing animals as the speakers and actors, and commonly conveying some lesson of practical wisdom or shrewdness, as "The Fables of Æsop." A parable is exclusively moral or religious, briefer and less adorned than an allegory, with its lesson more immediately discernible, given, as it were, at a stroke. Any comparison, analogy, instance, example, tale, anecdote, or the like which serves to let in light upon a subject may be called an illustration, this word in its widest use including all the rest. Compare FICTION; STORY.

   Antonyms:
   chronicle, fact, history, narrative, record

   Synonyms:
   allegory, fable, fiction, illustration, parable, simile

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.2 / 5 votes

1. metaphor

   Antonyms:
   letter, literalness

   Synonyms:
   similitude, image

Matched Categories

1. • Trope

Princeton's WordNet

1. metaphornoun

   a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

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1. metaphornoun

   Synonyms:
   simile

How to use metaphor in a sentence?

1. Zuhdi Jasser:

   To me, this is a great metaphor for how absurdly evil their judicial system is.

2. Nathaniel Dominy:

   [Godzilla] is this ever-useful metaphor for whatever kinds of existential threat we fear as a collective culture, whether its nuclear bombs or climate change.

3. Caroline Hickman:

   We need to engage with the reality of climate change in order to deal with it, the monster gives us a metaphor, a narrative through which we can do that.

4. Paul Valery:

   The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

5. Peyton Reed:

   It's just such a great metaphor. They have built their entire reputation on the backs of someone else's hard work, cultural appropriation has always been a thing from Elvis, The Beatles and everybody who, as [ Isis ] says, is' putting blonde hair on it and calling it something different.'.

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