The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TROPES , but the solution may also be IDIOMS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Figures of speech crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TROPES | 39 % | 6 |
| ORATORS | 21 % | 7 |
| SIMILES | 16 % | 7 |
| IDIOMS | 12 % | 6 |
| IMAGES | 9 % | 6 |
| METAPHORS | 2 % | 9 |
| SIMILIES | 2 % | 8 |
Why may IDIOMS be the right solution?
"IDIOMS" are a type of figurative language that consists of expressions that have a meaning different from the literal interpretation of the words used. This fits the clue "Figures of speech."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Figures of speech
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- figurative language
- figurative
- metaphors
- phraseology
- metaphor
- euphemisms
- idiomatic expression
- circumlocutions
- word play
- poetic license
- figuratively
- euphemistic
Crossword Answer definitions
TROPES noun- Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
- A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
- Mathematical senses.
- Musical senses.
- Philosophical senses.
- To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
- Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
- To think or write in terms of tropes.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TROPES
- Similes and metaphors and such
- Figurative uses of words
- Words used figuratively
- Figures of speech
- Literary devices
- Metaphors, e.g.
- Metaphors.
- Figures of speech.
- Similes, e.g.
- Recurrent themes
More clues leading to the result ORATORS
- Patrick Henry and Daniel Webster
- Figures of speech?
- Spellbinding speakers
- Pros at projection
- Public speakers
- Bombasts
- Stump figures
- They provide addresses
- Men of many words
- Henry and Bryan, for two
More clues leading to the result SIMILES
- "My Luve's like a red red rose" and others
- "Mad as a hatter" and "crazy as a loon"
- "Good as gold" and "right as rain"
- "Like" things?
- "Happy as a clam" and "blind as a bat"
- Like expressions?
- Some 101-Downs
- Fit as a fiddle and tough as nails
- Animal analogies, often
- "Good as gold" and the like
More clues leading to the result IDIOMS
- They may be lost in translation
- Turns of phrase
- ESL bafflers
- Figures of speech
- Language quirks
- "Green thumb" and "bluenose"
- "Shake a leg" and "break a leg"
- "Elbow grease" and "head honcho"
- ESL students' challenges
- Cold feet and hot air
More clues leading to the result IMAGES
- Poet's pictures
- Poets' pictures
- Reflections
- They're on film
- Emblems
- Magritte's "The Treachery of ___"
- Pictures in the mind
- Some are spitting
- Figures of speech
- Pictures
More clues leading to the result METAPHORS
- They might be mixed
- "Mixed" word forming this puzzle's theme
- Figures of speech
- Similes' relatives
- They're sometimes mixed