Related Words for metaphoric

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figurative
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Adjective, Adjective
symbolic
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Adjective
literal
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Adjective
metonymic
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Adjective
allegorical
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Adjective
poetic
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Adjective
allusive
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Adjective
semiotic
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Noun
connotative
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Adjective
symbolism
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Noun
conceptual
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Adjective
analogical
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Adjective
symbolical
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Adjective
rhetorical
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Adjective
metaphysical
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Adjective
euphemistic
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Adjective
mythological
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Adjective
allegory
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Noun
philosophical
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Noun
ideological
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Adjective
surrealistic
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Adjective
referential
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Adjective
anaphoric
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Adjective
lyrical
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Adjective
prosaic
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Adjective
analogy
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Noun
mythic
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Adjective
emotional
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Adjective
mystical
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Adjective
thematic
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Adjective
archetypal
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Noun
logical
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Adjective
semantic
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Adjective
intertextual
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Adjective
paradigmatic
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Adjective
existential
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Adjective
mythical
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Adjective
symbolization
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Noun
emotive
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Adjective
etymological
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Noun
proverbial
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Adjective
experiential
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Adjective
signifier
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Noun
psychological
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Adjective
poetical
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Name
same
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Adjective
symmetric
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Adjective
afire
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Adverb
diagrammatic
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Adjective
periphrastic
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Adjective
phrasal
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Adjective
reflecting
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Verb
monumental
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Adjective
like that
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Phrase, Adjective
verbal
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Adjective
very good
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Phrase, Adjective
implicit
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Adjective
thus and so
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Phrase, Noun, Adjective
mimic
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Noun
near
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
indirection
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Noun
copula
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Noun
mappings
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Noun
equivalences
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Noun
transference
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Noun
structuring
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Noun
extensions
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Noun
couplets
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Noun
substitution
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Noun
richness
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Noun
gestures
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Noun
condensation
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Noun
transposition
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Noun
correspondences
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Noun
comprehension
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Noun
exemption
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Noun
usages
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Noun
ejaculation
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Noun
imagery
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Noun
leaps
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Noun
expressions
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Noun
utterance
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Noun
identifications
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Noun
language
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Noun
kinship
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Noun
meanings
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Noun
resonances
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Noun
transfer
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Noun
depiction
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Noun
poles
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Noun
vehicle
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Noun
diction
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Noun
elaboration
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Noun
connotations
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Noun
equivalents
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Noun
excursions
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Noun
overtones
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Noun
constructions
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Noun
projection
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Noun
rather
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Adverb
mediation
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Noun
thinking
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Noun
idiom
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Noun
representations
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Noun
embodiment
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Noun
displacements
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Noun
comparison
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Noun
associations
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Noun
mode
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Noun
descriptions
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Noun
parallels
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Noun
rendering
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Noun
abrasive
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Adjective, Noun
adaptive
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Adjective
approximate
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Adjective, Verb
cloudy
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Adjective
dependant
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Adjective, Noun
dialogic
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Adjective
empirical
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Adjective
eschatological
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Adjective
iconic
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Adjective
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
improving
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Adjective
indexical
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Adjective, Noun
mathematical
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Adjective
mountainous
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Adjective
offense
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Noun
organized
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Adjective
performative
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Adjective, Noun
permeable
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Adjective
personal
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Adjective, Noun
synthetic
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Adjective, Noun
tolerant
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Adjective
transcendent
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Adjective, Noun
transcendental
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Adjective, Noun
univocal
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Adjective, Noun
collocation
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Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
standard
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Adjective, Noun
cluster
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Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb
dialect
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Noun
sorta
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Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
tell
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Verb, Noun
headlines
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Noun
anymore
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Adverb