Clues for the word "TROPE"
We've had 52 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 142 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on May 14, 2026.
Definition of trope
- n. - The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech.
- n. - The word or expression so used.
Referring Clues
- Metaphor or irony, e.g.
- Metaphor, for one
- Figure of speech
- Metaphor, literarily
- Irony, e.g.
- Literary device
- Figurative use of a word
- Rhetorical device
- Word used as an expression
- Figurative device
- Overused theme
- Metaphor, e.g.
- Figurative expression
- Literary figure of speech
- Recurrent theme
- Use of a word as an expression
- Figure of speech - or pet (anag)
- Saint of the Riviera failing to finish figure of speech
- Rhetorical device in formal statement not right on reflection
- Figure there's too much translated to English
- Metonymy or synecdoche, e.g.
- A metaphor, perhaps: "A band not suitable for all"
- Figure in time line
- Word used in a figurative sense
- River reduced into drink (figure of speech)
- Irony or hyperbole
- Artistic device
- Irony, say
- Cinematic convention
- Jump scare, for one, in horror movies
- Cliche
- Characters saying "you'd better come see this," e.g.
- Movie cliche, e.g.
- Meet-cute in a romance film, e.g.
- Amnesia in soap operas, e.g.
- The girl next door, for one
- Evil clown in a horror film, e.g.
- Busy businesswoman in a rom-com, e.g.
- Movie cliche
- A car that won't start is a common one in horror films
- Familiar theme
- Familiar cliché in storytelling, like "the love triangle" or "the girl next door"
- Enemies to lovers, e.g.
- Meet cute in a rom-com, e.g.
- Movie or TV cliche
- Familiar plot device
- Love triangle, e.g.
- Mirror scare in a horror movie, e.g.
- Frequently recurring theme
- Overused plot device
- Writing cliché
- Cliched plot device
Last Seen In
- Daily American - May 14, 2026
- LA Times - December 17, 2025
- Daily American - November 05, 2025
- LA Times - October 11, 2025
- LA Times - June 23, 2025
- Daily American - April 11, 2025
- LA Times - March 30, 2025
- LA Times - March 23, 2025
- New York Times - February 16, 2025
- USA Today - December 30, 2024
- New York Times - November 07, 2024
- LA Times - August 01, 2024
- Daily American - July 07, 2024
- USA Today - June 27, 2024
- USA Today - May 14, 2024
- Daily American - May 13, 2024
- LA Times - April 18, 2024
- USA Today - January 24, 2024
- Daily American - November 05, 2023
- USA Today - September 05, 2023
- USA Today - July 30, 2023
- New York Times - June 26, 2023
- Daily American - April 11, 2023
- LA Times - March 31, 2023
- New York Times - January 29, 2023
- USA Today - November 23, 2022
- New York Times - July 24, 2022
- Daily American - July 07, 2022
- LA Times - June 28, 2022
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 26, 2022
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