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English adjective: figurative | |||
| 1. | figurative (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech | ||
| Samples | Figurative language. | ||
| Synonyms | nonliteral | ||
| Similar | analogical, extended, metaphoric, metaphorical, metonymic, metonymical, poetic, synecdochic, synecdochical, tropical | ||
| See also | rhetorical | ||
| Antonyms | literal | ||
| 2. | figurative consisting of or forming human or animal figures | ||
| Samples | A figural design. The figurative art of the humanistic tradition. | ||
| Synonyms | figural | ||
| Similar | representational | ||
| Antonyms | nonrepresentational | ||
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