metaphor

隠喩,暗喩

metaphor の類語

personnel, comparison, figure of speech, analogy, figure, stand-in, alternative, sub, equal, fill-in, vice-president, deputy, equivalent, replacement, reserves, next best thing, backup, substitute, changeling, correlation, simile, change, double, sign, community, image, approach, second string, third string, imitation, agreement, vice-regent, exchange, speech, substitution, surrogate, utility player, vicar, copy, fake, identity, representative, opposition, relief, secondary, trope, ringer, spares, contrast, ghost, dead metaphor, alliance, mixed metaphor, symbol, relation, understudy, comparing, accordance, stand in, alternate

例文

• It's apparently a metaphor for something uncatchable, light of body and fleet of foot.
  捕らえることのできないもの、身軽で素早いもののたとえ、だそうです。
• "He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.
  「怒ると彼はトラになる」というのは隠喩の例である。

関連語

metaphoric, metaphorical

metaphor の言い換えを探すには

metaphor（隠喩）の類語・言い換え（パラフレーズ）を、日本語訳つきで関連度順に並べています。英作文の語彙を増やしたいとき、長文読解で本文と選択肢の言い換えを見抜きたいときに使えます。