FIGURATIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal
   • using figures of speech
   Synonym(s)
   • nonliteral (what does nonliteral mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • figurative language
   Antonym(s)
   • literal (what does literal mean?)
   Similar To
   • analogical (what does analogical mean?)
   • extended (what does extended mean?)
   • metaphorical (what does metaphorical mean?)
   • metaphoric (what does metaphoric mean?)
   • metonymic (what does metonymic mean?)
   • metonymical (what does metonymical mean?)
   • poetic (what does poetic mean?)
   • synecdochic (what does synecdochic mean?)
   • synecdochical (what does synecdochical mean?)
   • tropical (what does tropical mean?)
   See Also
   • rhetorical (what does rhetorical mean?)
2. Meaning
   • consisting of or forming human or animal figures
   Synonym(s)
   • figural (what does figural mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a figural design
   • the figurative art of the humanistic tradition- Herbert Read
   Similar To
   • representational (what does representational mean?)