| Main Entry: | personification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human characteristics |
Synonyms: |
prosopopeia, role |
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portrayal of another |
Synonyms: |
impersonation, part, personification, role |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
| Main Entry: | embodiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | representation, manifestation |
Synonyms: |
apotheosis, archetype, avatar, cast, collection, comprehension, conformation, embracement, encompassment, epitome, example, exemplar, exemplification, expression, form, formation, incarnation, inclusion, incorporation, integration, matter, organization, personification, prosopopoeia, quintessence, realization, reification, structure, symbol, systematization, type |
Antonyms: |
exclusion |
| Main Entry: | enactment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | playacting |
Synonyms: |
achievement, acting, depiction, execution, impersonation, performance, personation, personification, playing, portrayal, representation |
| Main Entry: | epitome |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perfect example |
Synonyms: |
apotheosis, archetype, embodiment, essence, exemplar, exemplification, illustration, last word, personification, quintessence, representation, type, typification, ultimate |
| Main Entry: | figure of speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn of expression |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, allegory, alliteration, allusion, analogue, analogy, anaphora, anticlimax, antistrophe, antithesis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, bathos, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, comparison, conceit, device, echoism, ellipsis, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, ornament, oxymoron, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, proteron, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, understatement, way of speaking |
| Main Entry: | metaphor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | figure of speech, implied comparison |
Synonyms: |
allegory, analogy, emblem, hope, image, metonymy, personification, similitude, symbol, trope |
Antonyms: |
plain speech |
| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perfect example |
Synonyms: |
archetype, embodiment, epitome, essence, idea, personification |
| Main Entry: | representative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical example |
Synonyms: |
archetype, case, case history, embodiment, epitome, exemplar, illustration, instance, personification, sample, sampling, specimen, type |
Antonyms: |
atypical |
| Main Entry: | role |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impersonation of a character |
Synonyms: |
act, acting, appearance, aspect, bit, character, clothing, execution, extra, guise, hero, ingenue, lead, look, part, performance, personification, piece, player, portrayal, presentation, representation, seeming, semblance, show, star, stint, super, title, walk-on |