Related Words for figurative language

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WordSyllablesCategories
figuratively
x/xxx
Adverb, Adverb
metaphorical
xx/xx
Adjective
phraseology
xx/xx
Noun
linguistic
x/x
Adjective
allegorically
xx/xx
Adverb
mixed metaphor
//xx
Phrase, Noun
euphemistic
xx/x
Adjective
vocabulary
x/xxx
Noun
double meaning
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
terminology
xx/xx
Noun
poetic license
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
symbolism
/xxx
Noun
proverbial
x/xx
Adjective
contextualization
x/xxx/x
Noun
grammatical
x/xx
Adjective
imagery
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Noun
semantically
x/xxx
Adverb
allegory
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Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective
lyricism
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Noun
double entendre
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
intertextuality
/x/x/xx
Noun
analogical
xx/xx
Adjective
verbiage
/xx
Noun
symbolical
x/xx
Adjective
analogies
x/xx
Noun
syntactical
//xx
Adjective
metalanguage
/x/x
Noun
syntactically
//xxx
Adverb
symbolization
/xx/x
Noun
semantical
x/xx
Adjective
verbalization
/xx/x
Noun
literary
/xxx
Noun
contextually
x/xxx
Adverb
abbreviation
xxx/x
Noun
adaptive
x/x
Adjective
advanced
x/
Adjective
allusive
x/x
Adjective
alphabet
/xx
Noun, Verb
animate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
arabic
/xx
Name, Adjective
aromatic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
authored
/x
Adjective
availability
xxx/xx
Noun
barrage
x/
Noun, Verb
bilingual
x/x
Adjective, Noun
bilingualism
x/xxx
Noun
braille
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
branch
/
Noun, Verb
celebrity
x/xx
Noun
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
charm
/
Noun, Verb
chart
/
Noun, Verb
chinese
x/
Adjective, Name
colloquial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
combustible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
communication
xxx/x
Noun
connotative
xx/x
Adjective
conversation
xx/x
Noun, Verb
culture
/x
Noun, Verb
derogatory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
dictation
x/x
Noun
discourse
/x
Noun, Verb
discussion
x/x
Noun
disorder
x/x
Noun, Verb
drafting
/x
Noun
editor
/xx
Noun
editorial
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
education
xx/x
Noun
emblematic
xx/x
Adjective
empirical
x/xx
Adjective
english
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
extended
x/x
Adjective
extinct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
fame
/
Noun, Verb
family
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fig
/
Name, Verb
figural
x/x
Adjective
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
formulae
/xx
Noun
formulating
/xxx
Verb
formulation
xx/x
Noun
francophone
/xx
Noun, Adjective
french
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
frisian
/x
Name, Adjective
gaelic
/x
Name, Adjective
german
/x
Adjective, Name
grammar
/x
Noun, Verb
graph
/
Noun, Verb
graphic
/x
Adjective, Noun
graphical
/xx
Adjective
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
highbrow
/x
Noun, Adjective
hindi
/x
Name, Adjective
hostile
/x
Adjective, Noun
idiom
/xx
Noun
inconsistent
xx/x
Adjective
indexical
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
indian
/xx
Name, Adjective
inhabitant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
instruction
x/x
Noun
italian
x/x
Adjective, Name
keel
/
Noun, Verb
languages
/xx
Noun
langue
/
Noun
learners
/x
Noun
learning
/x
Noun
lengua
/x
Noun
letter
/x
Noun, Verb
lexicon
/xx
Noun
lexis
/x
Name
lingo
/x
Noun
lingua
/x
Noun
literacy
/xxx
Noun
literal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
locale
x/
Noun
locution
x/x
Noun
lyric
/x
Noun, Adjective
mainstream
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
marathi
x/x
Name, Adjective
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
minority
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
moi
/
Name
monolingual
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
monologue
/xx
Noun, Verb
mother
/x
Noun, Verb
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
multilingual
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
natural language
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
nomenclature
/xxx
Noun
nonfiction
x/x
Noun
official
x/x
Adjective, Noun
online
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
onslaught
/x
Noun
oriya
x/x
Name
orthodox
/xx
Noun, Adjective
outpouring
x/x
Noun
parlance
/x
Noun
pejorative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
penal
/x
Adjective
people
/x
Noun, Verb
personal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pertaining
x/x
Noun
philology
x/xx
Noun
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
poetic
x/x
Adjective
positive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pronunciation
xxx/x
Noun
prosody
/xx
Noun
radioactive
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
redaction
x/x
Noun
reduplication
x/x/x
Noun
relating
x/x
Noun
representational
xxx/xx
Adjective
representative
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
rhetoric
/xx
Noun, Adjective
saying
/x
Noun
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
sign language
//x
Phrase, Noun
signing
/x
Noun
soliloquy
x/xx
Noun, Verb
spanish
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
speak
/
Verb, Noun
specific
x/x
Adjective, Noun
speech
/
Noun, Verb
spell
/
Noun, Verb
string
/
Noun, Verb
style
/
Noun, Verb
surname
/x
Noun, Verb
symbolic
x/x
Adjective
syntax
/x
Noun
synthetic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
talk
/
Verb, Noun
teaching
/x
Noun
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
text
/
Noun, Verb
this
/
Adverb, Noun
tone
/
Noun, Verb
tongue
/
Noun, Verb
translation
x/x
Noun
tropes
x
Noun