The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TROPE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2013.
Metaphor, eg crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TROPE | 89 % | 5 |
| IMAGE | 11 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Metaphor, eg
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- image
- tralatition
- trope
- closet
- crickets
- dead metaphor
- figurative
- frozen metaphor
- glass
- iron
- isa
- knot
Crossword Answer definitions
TROPE 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
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More clues leading to the result TROPE
- Figure of speech
- Use of a word as an expression
- Figurative use of a word
- Metaphor, e.g.
- Figurative expression
- Metonymy or synecdoche, e.g.
- Irony, e.g.
- Irony, say
- Overused theme
- Irony, for example