Answer to "Writer's device" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SIMILE , but the solution may also be TROPE which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in USA Today).

Writer's device crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SIMILE	50 %	6
IRONY	25 %	5
TROPE	25 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Writer's device

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• press
• art
• mouth
• toy
• aposiopesis
• sampler
• authorship
• book
• books
• classical
• composer
• naturalism

Crossword Answer definitions

SIMILE noun

1. A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.

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 SIMILE

• Bit of literary imagery
• Comparison
• Good as gold, for example
• Hard as a rock, say
• "Hard as nails," for one
• "Eyes like stars," e.g.
• "Right as rain," e.g.
• Quiet as a mouse, e.g.
• "Healthy as a horse," e.g.
• Neat as a pin, say

More clues leading to the result IRONY

• "I'm clueless," for instance (considering the context)
• O. Henry device
• Literary device
• Subtle twist
• "A free ride when you've already paid" is an example of it, according to Alanis Morissette
• Device used by O. Henry
• Sardonic wit
• "The gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom," per Anatole France
• Dramatic device
• Literary twist

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