Usually means: Use of symbolism to explain concepts.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. metaphoric: Merriam-Webster
  2. metaphoric: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metaphoric: Collins English Dictionary
  4. metaphoric: Vocabulary.com
  5. metaphoric: Wordnik
  6. metaphoric: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. metaphoric: Wiktionary
  8. Metaphoric, metaphoric: Dictionary.com
  9. Metaphoric: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Metaphoric: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. metaphoric: Rhymezone
  12. Metaphoric: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. metaphoric: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. metaphoric: FreeDictionary.org
  15. metaphoric: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. metaphoric: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. metaphoric: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Synonym of metaphorical

Similar:
figurative, nonliteral, metaph., metaphonical, tralatitious, metonymical, metonymous, semiotical, metaphrastic, metamystical, more...

Types:
simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, metonymy, metaphysical, literal, more...

Phrases:
Metaphoric architecture, more...

Adjectives:
more, only, less, verb, highly, irreducibly, same, densely, charged, latter

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Similar:
figurative, nonliteral, metaph., metaphonical, tralatitious, metonymical, metonymous, semiotical, metaphrastic, metamystical, more...

Types:
simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, metonymy, metaphysical, literal, more...

Phrases:
Metaphoric architecture, more...

Adjectives:
more, only, less, verb, highly, irreducibly, same, densely, charged, latter

Colors:
    crimson,     azure,     emerald,     saffron,     indigo, more...



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