Figure of speech
The crossword clue "Figure of speech" is answered by TROPE, a 5-letter entry. Used 131 times across 57 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TROPE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TROPE answer page.
Used 131 times across 57 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SIMILE (10 uses in xd)
- METAPHOR (6 uses in xd)
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Give a speech - ORATE, used 197 times
- Figure of speech - IDIOM, used 135 times
- Make a speech - ORATE, used 127 times
- Praying figure - ORANT, used 124 times
- Figure out - SOLVE, used 69 times
- Deliver a speech - ORATE, used 60 times
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