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Figurative

adjective
/ˈfɪɡəɹətɪv/
Word Frequency: 1.9

Definitions

1.adjectiveOf use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
2.adjectiveMetaphorically so called.
3.adjectiveWith many figures of speech.
4.adjectiveEmblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
5.adjectiveRepresenting forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.

Synonyms

metaphoricalmetonymicsynecdochicalmetaphoricmetonymicalanalogicalrepresentationalfiguralsynecdochicpoeticextendednonliteral

Antonyms

literal
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