ALL meanings of figure of speech
fig·ure of speech
F f - noun figure of speech idiom 1
- noun plural figure of speech any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1). 1
- noun figure of speech (Idiomatic) A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. 0
- countable noun figure of speech A figure of speech is an expression or word that is used with a metaphorical rather than a literal meaning. 0
- noun figure of speech an expression of language, such as simile, metaphor, or personification, by which the usual or literal meaning of a word is not employed 0
- noun figure of speech an expression, as a metaphor or simile, using words in a nonliteral sense or unusual manner to add vividness, beauty, etc. to what is said or written 0