Figure of speech
The crossword clue "Figure of speech" is answered by IDIOM, a 5-letter entry. Used 135 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
IDIOM
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDIOM answer page.
Used 135 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 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)
Other clues for IDIOM
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDIOM, most used first.
- Dialect - used 34 times, most recently in 2021
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 - TROPE, used 131 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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