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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word catachrestic:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. catachrestic: Merriam-Webster
  2. catachrestic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. catachrestic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. catachrestic: Vocabulary.com
  5. catachrestic: Wordnik
  6. catachrestic: Wiktionary
  7. Catachrestic, catachrestic: Dictionary.com
  8. Catachrestic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. catachrestic: Rhymezone
  10. Catachrestic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. catachrestic: FreeDictionary.org
  12. catachrestic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Catachrestic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. catachrestic: Legal dictionary

(Note: See catachresis as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Constituting or related to catachresis.

Similar:
catacoustic, catechistical, catechetic, cataphonic, catastatic, catechistic, catechetical, cataphoric, catechetick, katastatic, more...

Types:
hyperbole, metaphor, simile, euphemism, understatement, irony, more...

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Similar:
catacoustic, catechistical, catechetic, cataphonic, catastatic, catechistic, catechetical, cataphoric, catechetick, katastatic, more...

Types:
hyperbole, metaphor, simile, euphemism, understatement, irony, more...



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