Defenition of the word figurative

• Defenition of the word figurative

  • consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read
  • (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"
  • (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
  • consisting of or forming human or animal figures

Synonyms for the word figurative

• • abstract
  • allegorical
  • emblematic
  • figural
  • metaphoric
  • metaphorical
  • nonliteral
  • not literal
  • symbolic

Similar words in the figurative

• • analogical
  • extended
  • figurative
  • figuratively
  • metaphoric
  • metaphorical
  • metonymic
  • metonymical
  • poetic
  • representational
  • rhetorical
  • synecdochic
  • synecdochical
  • tropical

Antonyms for the word figurative

• • literal

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