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figurative

/'fɪɡjərətɪv/

Synonyms of figurative Antonyms of figurative Examples of figurative Usage of figurative Parts of figurative Definition that contains figurative Words sounding like figurative Explanation of figurative

adjective
consisting of or forming human or animal figures
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"the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"

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figural representational
adjective
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
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"figurative language"

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nonliteral metaphoric metaphorical metonymic metonymical poetic synecdochic synecdochical analogical tropical extended

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literal

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tropical extended poetic rhetorical metaphorical metaphoric representational figural analogical nonliteral metonymic metonymical synecdochic synecdochical