Related Words for syllepsis

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oxymoron
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Noun
antithesis
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Noun
synecdoche
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Noun
metaphor
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Noun
synthesis
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Noun
adjunct
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Noun
parallelism
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Noun
figure of speech
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Phrase, Noun
juxtaposition
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Noun
trope
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Noun
irony
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Noun
mimesis
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Noun
wordplay
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Noun
understatement
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Noun
figure
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Noun
conceit
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Noun
parenthesis
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Noun
polysemy
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Noun
ellipsis
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Noun
paradox
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Noun
mixed metaphor
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Phrase, Noun
simile
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Noun
syllogism
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Noun
rhetoric
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Noun
reticence
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Noun
apposition
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Noun
synonymy
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Noun
metonymy
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Noun
communication
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Noun
tautology
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Noun
allegory
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Noun
double meaning
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Phrase, Noun
façon de parler
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Phrase, Noun
synonym
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Noun
equivocation
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Noun
equivocal
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Adjective
contradiction in terms
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Phrase, Noun
comparison
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Noun
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
expression
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Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
collocation
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Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
cluster
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Noun, Verb
standard
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Adjective, Noun
dialect
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
sorta
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Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
headlines
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Noun
anymore
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Adverb