To help you keep your momentum while solving “Figure of speech”, these answers reflect patterns seen in past puzzles and offer a clear, trustworthy set of options worth testing in your current grid.
Likely Answers:
- SIMILE
- METAPHOR
- TROPE
- IDIOM
- SAYING
- OXYMORON
Synonyms and Definitions
TROPE
- Synonyms: figure, image
IDIOM
- Synonyms: accent, artistic style, dialect, idiomatic expression, parlance, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase
- Definition: a style of communication that comes naturally to those who are native speakers of a language
SAYING
- Synonyms: allege, articulate, aver, enjoin, enounce, enunciate, expression, locution, order, pronounce, read, say, sound out, state, suppose, tell
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- SIMILE also appears as an answer in Light as a feather, e.g. crossword clue 6 letters.
- IDIOM also appears as an answer in Jargon crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11 letters.
- IDIOM also appears as an answer in Clam up or chicken out crossword clue 5 letters.
- SAYING also appears as an answer in Saw crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 letters.
- SAYING also appears as an answer in Maxim crossword clue 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- SAYING also appears as an answer in Adage crossword clue 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 letters.