Term: conceit: an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: glomerulonephritis: nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: shadow: a dominating and pervasive presence
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: lard: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: defaulter: someone who fails to make a required appearance in court
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: ortygan: any of several East Indian birds
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: elegy: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: termitidae: termites
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: parachutist: a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: patrilineage: line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: angora: domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair