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or metaphorical
Synonyms & Antonyms of metaphoric
expressing one thing in terms normally used for another
- an author fond of such metaphorical phrases as "the desert was a fiery furnace"
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Words Related to metaphoric
- Aesopian
- (also Aesopic),
- allegorical,
- emblematic
- (also emblematical),
- symbolic
- (also symbolical)
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