trope
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Types & categories
- rhetorical device hypernym
- conceit hyponym
- irony hyponym
- exaggeration hyponym
- kenning hyponym
- metaphor hyponym
- metonymy hyponym
- oxymoron hyponym
- prosopopoeia hyponym
- simile hyponym
- synecdoche hyponym
- zeugma hyponym
Related & opposite
- tropical derivation
- cakewalk has domain usage
- blind alley has domain usage
- megahit has domain usage
- sleeper has domain usage
- home run has domain usage
- housecleaning has domain usage
- goldbrick has domain usage
- lens has domain usage
- domino effect has domain usage
- flip side has domain usage
- period has domain usage
- summer has domain usage
- dawn has domain usage
- evening has domain usage
- rainy day has domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tropical |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | cakewalk |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | blind alley |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | megahit |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | sleeper |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | home run |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | housecleaning |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | goldbrick |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | lens |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | domino effect |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | flip side |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | period |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | summer |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | dawn |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | evening |
| 1 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | rainy day |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rhetorical device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conceit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | irony |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exaggeration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kenning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metaphor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metonymy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oxymoron |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prosopopoeia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | simile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | synecdoche |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zeugma |