synesthetic metaphor

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   a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities

   Broadermetaphor

Questions about synesthetic metaphor

What does synesthetic metaphor mean?

synesthetic metaphor means "a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities".

Is synesthetic metaphor a common word?

synesthetic metaphor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.