I wonder if there is a well accepted term to cover "metaphor", "simile", "allegory" and the like. I would like to use "metaphor" in a broad sense for this but a philosopher friend objects to this.

Likening?

"Figurative" would work -- the only noun I can think of is the phrase "figures of speech."

"Figurative language" is the term I've always heard used for this.

>"figures of speech."

trope(s)

Thank you, it appears to hit the mark.
Carl