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trope > noun, communication
MeaningLanguage used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.
Synonymsfigure of speech, figure, image
Usage ofblind alley; lens
Broaderrhetorical device
Narrowerconceit; irony; hyperbole, exaggeration; kenning; metaphor; metonymy; oxymoron; personification, prosopopoeia; simile; synecdoche; zeugma
Adjectivestropical; tropical

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