What part of speech is figure?

Answer 1

A part of speech -- there are eight -- defines the classification of a word.

• For example, run is a verb, house is a noun and so forth.

A figure of speech is a phrase used for emphasis which is not real.

• For example, 'you eat like a horse' doesn't mean that the person eats standing on all fours with chin in trough munching on oats. That figure of speech means that the person consumes more than average amounts of food.

So a figure of speech is not a part of speech in the sense implied by your question.

Another answer:

'Figure of speech' is a noun phrase.

Answer 2

The word figure is a noun and a verb (figure, figures, figuring, figured). Example uses:

As a noun: The figure I was quoted was much too high.

As a noun: You have a good figure for that style.

As a verb: I will figure out if we pay the electric bill or put gas in the car this month.