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English adjective: figurative

1. figurative (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech


SamplesFigurative language.


Synonymsnonliteral


Similaranalogical, extended, metaphoric, metaphorical, metonymic, metonymical, poetic, synecdochic, synecdochical, tropical


See alsorhetorical


Antonymsliteral

2. figurative consisting of or forming human or animal figures


SamplesA figural design.
The figurative art of the humanistic tradition.


Synonymsfigural


Similarrepresentational


Antonymsnonrepresentational









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