Answer: metaphors

AnswerCrossword Clue
METAPHORSThey might be mixed
METAPHORSFigures of speech
METAPHORSSimiles' relatives
METAPHORSThey're sometimes mixed
metaphorsA figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
metaphorsMETAPHOR, a type of figure of speech
metaphorsA thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, esp. something abstract