Figure of speech
Crossword Clue & Answers

4 December 2021
Last seen in: The Sun Cryptic

We found 4 answers for the crossword clue 'Figure of speech', the most recent of which was seen in the The Sun Cryptic.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Figure of speech a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

Figure of speech is a 3 word phrase featuring 16 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'The Sun Cryptic' on Saturday, 04 December 2021 with the answer being METAPHOR, we also found METAPHOR to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• The Sun Cryptic - 4 Dec 2021
• The Daily Mail Quick - 2 Nov 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 25 Apr 2021
• The Guardian Quick - 13 Feb 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 22 Jan 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 25 Dec 2020
• The Sun Cryptic - 15 Dec 2020
• The Guardian Quick - 14 Oct 2020
• The Sun Cryptic - 20 Sep 2020
• The Daily Mail Quick - 10 Dec 2019

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Figure of speech', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Figure of speech' and give you a hint.

• Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Crossword Answers

5 Letters

IDIOM
The style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

TROPE
Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

6 Letters

SIMILE
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

8 Letters

METAPHOR
A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity