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metaphors

NOUN

figure of speech, implied comparison

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analogy image symbol

STRONG

allegory emblem hope metonymy personification similitude trope

Antonyms

WEAK

plain speech

Example Sentences

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Perhaps you can see how the metaphors between the backrooms and the internet itself multiply from here: Like the backrooms, one can lose oneself forever in the internet.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Thinking at cosmic and subatomic scales requires plenty of math—or some visual metaphors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It found this system had been unwittingly incentivised to mention goblins, gremlins and other creatures more in metaphors.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

As for animal metaphors, the squid has been joined by the cockroach.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The metaphors used then may be obscure to us now.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan