METAPHOR Crossword Clue & Answer

We found 167 solutions for 'METAPHOR' with 3 to 22 letters.
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Crossword clues for METAPHOR

Clue
Answer
Length
METAPHOR with 3 letters
SUB
3
METAPHOR with 4 letters
COPY
4
FAKE
4
SIGN
4
METAPHOR with 5 letters
AGENT
5
APING
5
DUMMY
5
EQUAL
5
GHOST
5
IDIOM
5
IMAGE
5
IRONY
5
PHONY
5
PROXY
5
SPARE
5
TOKEN
5
TROPE
5
VICAR
5
METAPHOR with 6 letters
APORIA
6
BACKUP
6
CHANGE
6
DEPUTY
6
DOUBLE
6
ERSATZ
6
FILL-IN
6
PARITY
6
RELIEF
6
RINGER
6
SIMILE
6
SPARES
6
SPEECH
6
SYMBOL
6
ZEUGMA
6
METAPHOR with 7 letters
ANALOGY
7
COMPARE
7
COPYING
7
IMAGERY
7
LITOTES
7
MEIOSIS
7
SARCASM
7
STAND IN
7
STAND-IN
7
METAPHOR with 8 letters
ALLEGORY
8
ALLIANCE
8
ALLUSION
8
ANALOGUE
8
ANAPHORA
8
APPROACH
8
CHIASMUS
8
CONTRAST
8
EMPHASIS
8
EXCHANGE
8
IDENTITY
8
LIKENESS
8
LIKENING
8
MATCHING
8
METONYMY
8
NEARNESS
8
OPPOSING
8
OXYMORON
8
PLEONASM
8
RELATION
8
RESERVES
8
SAMENESS
8
SYMPLOCE
8
WEIGHING
8
METAPHOR with 9 letters
AGREEMENT
9
ALIKENESS
9
ALTERNATE
9
APOPHASIS
9
BALANCING
9
CLOSENESS
9
COMMUNITY
9
COMPARING
9
HYPALLAGE
9
HYPERBOLE
9
IMITATION
9
INVERSION
9
MAKESHIFT
9
MIMICKING
9
PERSONNEL
9
PROLEPSIS
9
PROTOTYPE
9
REFERENCE
9
SECONDARY
9
SEMBLANCE
9
SURROGATE
9
SYLLEPSIS
9
SYMBOLISM
9
METAPHOR with 10 letters
ACCORDANCE
10
ANASTROPHE
10
ANTITHESIS
10
APOSTROPHE
10
CHANGELING
10
COMPARISON
10
CONFORMITY
10
CONVERSION
10
ECPHONESIS
10
EQUIVALENT
10
GEMINATION
10

Definition of metaphor

  • a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

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How many solutions are there for the crossword clue "METAPHOR"?

There are 167 solutions. The longest is COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS with 22 letters, and the shortest is SUB with 3 letters.

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How long are the solutions for "METAPHOR"?

Solutions are between 3 and 22 letters long.

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Clue Answers
A STAKE, METAPHORICALLY
11
CARRY A BURDEN, EITHER REAL OR METAPHORIC
11
ALSO USE METAPHORICALLY
10
ALSO USED METAPHORICALLY
10
AN EXTENDED METAPHOR
10
BREAK DOWN, LITERALLY OR METAPHORICALLY
10
Metaphor for slowness
3
Punishment, metaphorically
3
Durability metaphor
2
Metaphor for strength
2
Metaphor for a mess
2
Pressure, metaphorically
2
Metaphor for simplicity
2
Metaphor for thinness
2
Metaphorical hiding place
2
Metaphor for confusion
2
Metaphor for disorder
2
Metaphor for control
2
Metaphor, e.g.
2
Metaphor for density
2
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