| metaphor | n. [ F. métaphore, L. metaphora, fr. Gr. metafora`, fr. metafe`rein to carry over, transfer; meta` beyond, over + fe`rein to bring, bear. ] (Rhet.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea. Abbott & Seeley. “All the world's a stage.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The statement, “that man is a fox, ” is a metaphor; but “that man is like a fox, ” is a simile, similitude, or comparison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Metaphorical | { } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. métaphorique. ] Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Metaphoric |
| Metaphorist | n. One who makes metaphors. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Unobjectionable | See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
See lusty.
See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
See merciable.
See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
[ 1913 Webster ] [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Unnoble, Unniggard, Unnegotiable, Unneedful, Unnavigable, Unnative, Unnamable, Unmysterious, Unmusical, Unmuscular, Unmotherly, Unmonkish, Unmoist, Unmodish, Unmodifiable, Unmitigable, Unmiry, Unmiraculous, Unmingleable, Unmindful, Unmilitary, Unmild, Unmighty, Unmetaphorical, Unmerry, Unmeritable, Unmerciable, Unmercenary, Unmentionable, Unmendable, Unmelodious, Unmeet, Unmeek, Unmatronlike, Unmatchable, Unmasculine, Unmarvelous, Unmarriageable, Unmarriable, Unmarketable, Unmanly, Unmanlike, Unmanful, Unmanageable, Unmalleable, Unmakable, Unmaidenly, Unlusty, Unlustrous, Unluminous, Unlucent, Unlovable, Unlosable, Unlordly, Unlogical, Unlineal, Unlimber, Unlightsome, Unlibidinous, Unlevel, Unladylike, Unlaborious, Unknowable, Unknotty, Unknightly, Unkingly, Unjustifiable, Unjoyous, Unjoyful, Unjealous, Uninvestigable, Uninventive, Uninterpretable, Uninteresting, Unintentional, Unintelligible, Unintelligent, Uninstructive, Uninquisitive, Uninjurious, Uninhabitable, Uningenuous, Uningenious, Uninfluential, Uninflammable, Unindustrious, Unindulgent, Unindifferent, Unincreasable, Unincidental, Unimpugnable, Unimprovable, Unimpressionable, Unimpressible, Unimportant, Unimplicit, Unimmortal, Unimaginative, Unimaginable, Unillusory, Unidle, Unideal, Unhygienic, Unhhurtful, Unhurt, Unhostile, Unhopeful, Unhonorable, Unhigh |
| 比喻 | [bǐ yù, ㄅㄧˇ ㄩˋ, 比 喻] metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively #10,707 [Add to Longdo] |
| 喻 | [yù, ㄩˋ, 喻] to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory; surname Yu #14,767 [Add to Longdo] |
| 比拟 | [bǐ nǐ, ㄅㄧˇ ㄋㄧˇ, 比 拟 / 比 擬] compare; draw a parallel; match; analogy; metaphor; comparison #17,333 [Add to Longdo] |
| 隐喻 | [yǐn yù, ㄧㄣˇ ㄩˋ, 隐 喻 / 隱 喻] metaphor #33,289 [Add to Longdo] |
| 曙 | [shǔ, ㄕㄨˇ, 曙] daybreak; dawn; the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor); Taiwan pr. shu4 #41,842 [Add to Longdo] |
| 借喻 | [jiè yù, ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄩˋ, 借 喻] to use sth as a metaphor #112,943 [Add to Longdo] |
| 大脑比喻 | [dà nǎo bǐ yù, ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄩˋ, 大 脑 比 喻 / 大 腦 比 喻] brain metaphor [Add to Longdo] |
| 计算机比喻 | [jì suàn jī bǐ yù, ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄧˇ ㄩˋ, 计 算 机 比 喻 / 計 算 機 比 喻] computer metaphor [Add to Longdo] |
| 金 | [きん, kin] (n, n-suf) (1) gold; golden (color); metaphor for (most) valuable; gold (medal, cup); (2) money (written before an amount); (3) (abbr) (See 金曜) Friday; (4) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth of the five elements); (5) Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); (6) (abbr) (See 金将) gold general (shogi); (7) (abbr) (col) (See 金玉・きんたま) testicles; (suf, ctr) (8) karat; carat; (P) #176 [Add to Longdo] |
| 例え(P);譬え;喩え | [たとえ, tatoe] (n) (1) (esp. 例え) example; (2) (esp. 譬え, 喩え) simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable; (P) #11,907 [Add to Longdo] |
| 飲む(P);呑む;飮む(oK);服む(iK) | [のむ, nomu] (v5m, vt) (1) (呑む is often used metaphorically; 服む is often used for medicine) to drink; to gulp; to swallow; (2) (also written 喫む) to smoke (tobacco); (3) to engulf; to overwhelm; (4) to keep down; to suppress; (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition); (6) to make light of; to conceal; (P) #12,235 [Add to Longdo] |
| たとえ歌;譬え歌;喩え歌 | [たとえうた, tatoeuta] (n) (1) (See 譬喩歌) metaphorical poem (of the Man'yoshu); (2) (See 六義・2) metaphorical form (of waka) [Add to Longdo] |
| メタファー;メタファ | [metafa-; metafa] (n) { comp } metaphor [Add to Longdo] |
| メタフォール | [metafo-ru] (n) metaphor [Add to Longdo] |
| 暗喩;暗ゆ | [あんゆ, anyu] (n) (See 隠喩) metaphor [Add to Longdo] |
| 隠喩;隠ゆ | [いんゆ, inyu] (n, adj-no) metaphor [Add to Longdo] |
| 雲鬢花顔 | [うんびんかがん, unbinkagan] (n) beautiful woman (metaphorical) [Add to Longdo] |
| 華厳 | [けごん, kegon] (n) (1) { Buddh } avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); (2) (abbr) (See 華厳経) Avatamska sutra; (3) (abbr) (See 華厳宗) Kegon (sect of Buddhism) [Add to Longdo] |
| 海の藻屑 | [うみのもくず, uminomokuzu] (n) watery grave (metaphor) [Add to Longdo] |
| 亀毛兎角 | [きもうとかく, kimoutokaku] (exp) (obsc) { Buddh } fur on turtles and horns on rabbits (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist) [Add to Longdo] |
| 血潮;血汐 | [ちしお, chishio] (n) (1) blood spilt from the body; (2) blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness) [Add to Longdo] |
| 行雲流水 | [こううんりゅうすい, kouunryuusui] (n) (metaphorically) floating with the tide [Add to Longdo] |
| 糸瓜;糸爪(iK);天糸瓜 | [へちま(gikun), hechima (gikun)] (n) (1) sponge gourd; dishcloth gourd; loofah; (2) sponge cucumber; (3) (metaphorically, generally in negative sentences) something useless [Add to Longdo] |
| 耳に胼胝ができる;耳にたこができる | [みみにたこができる, miminitakogadekiru] (exp, v1) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears [Add to Longdo] |
| 食い付く;食いつく;食らい付く;食付く | [くいつく(食い付く;食いつく;食付く);くらいつく(食らい付く), kuitsuku ( kui tsuku ; kui tsuku ; shoku tsuku ); kuraitsuku ( kura i tsuku )] (v5k, vi) (1) to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; (2) to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into [Add to Longdo] |
| 振るう;揮う;振う(io) | [ふるう, furuu] (v5u, vt) (1) (See 槍を振るう, 奮う) to swing; to wield (physically); to exert; (2) (See 威を振るう) to exercise; to wield (metaphorically); (3) to flourish; to prosper; to thrive [Add to Longdo] |
| 赤烏帽子 | [あかえぼし, akaeboshi] (n) (1) (See 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子) red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color); (2) metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item [Add to Longdo] |
| 藻屑 | [もくず, mokuzu] (n) (1) scraps of seaweed; (2) death at sea (metaphor) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大船に乗る | [おおぶねにのる, oobuneninoru] (exp, v5r) metaphor for gaining a reliable foundation and being in a safe condition (lit [Add to Longdo] |
| 兎角(P);左右 | [とかく, tokaku] (adv, adj-no, n, vs) (1) (doing) various things; (doing) this and that; (2) being apt to; being prone to; tending to become; (3) somehow or other; anyhow; anyway; (4) (兎角 only) { Buddh } (See 亀毛兎角) rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 兎角亀毛 | [とかくきもう, tokakukimou] (exp) (obsc) { Buddh } horns on rabbits and fur on turtles (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist) [Add to Longdo] |
| 島国 | [しまぐに(P);とうごく, shimaguni (P); tougoku] (n) island country (sometimes used as a metaphor for Japan); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 二河白道 | [にがびゃくどう, nigabyakudou] (exp) { Buddh } metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) [Add to Longdo] |
| 比喩(P);譬喩 | [ひゆ(P);けいゆ(譬喩)(ik), hiyu (P); keiyu ( hiyu )(ik)] (n) simile; metaphor; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 比喩表現 | [ひゆひょうげん, hiyuhyougen] (n) { ling } figurative expression; metaphorical expression [Add to Longdo] |
| 百日鬘 | [ひゃくにちかずら;ひゃくにちかつら, hyakunichikazura ; hyakunichikatsura] (n) long-haired wig used in kabuki (used metaphorically to refer to a thick growth) [Add to Longdo] |
| 氷山の一角 | [ひょうざんのいっかく, hyouzannoikkaku] (n) (metaphor) the tip of the iceberg [Add to Longdo] |
| 腹の虫 | [はらのむし, haranomushi] (n) (1) roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm; (2) (See 腹の虫が治まらない・はらのむしがおさまらない) (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (3) (See 腹の虫が鳴る・はらのむしがなる) (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger [Add to Longdo] |
| 壁立千仞 | [へきりつせんじん, hekiritsusenjin] (exp) (id) { Buddh } (See 壁立, 千仞・2) precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth [Add to Longdo] |
| 門戸を開く | [もんこをひらく, monkowohiraku] (exp, v5k) to (metaphorically) open the door (to) [Add to Longdo] |
| 例えに言う;たとえに言う | [たとえにいう, tatoeniiu] (exp, v5u) to speak metaphorically [Add to Longdo] |
| 勁草 | [けいそう, keisou] (n) wind-resistant blade of grass; resistant idea (metaphorically) [Add to Longdo] |
| 譬喩歌 | [ひゆか, hiyuka] (n) metaphorical poem (of the Man'yoshu) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鎹 | [かすがい, kasugai] (n) (1) (uk) clamp; cramp (metal); (2) tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together) [Add to Longdo] |
| 饕餮 | [とうてつ, toutetsu] (n) (1) (arch) tao-tie (mythological Chinese creature engraved on bronzeware during the Shang & Zhou dynasties); (2) (used as a metaphor for a) brutal person; (3) coveting of wealth (property, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
