FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n (uncountable|figure of speech) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile.

n (countable|rhetoric) The word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison.