figurative
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1. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech (adj.all)
| similar | : | analogical, |
| definition | : | expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy (adj.all) |
| similar | : | extended, |
| definition | : | beyond the literal or primary sense (adj.all) |
| similar | : | metaphoric, metaphorical, |
| definition | : | expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another (adj.all) |
| similar | : | metonymic, metonymical, |
| definition | : | using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated (adj.all) |
| similar | : | poetic, |
| definition | : | characterized by romantic imagery (adj.all) |
| similar | : | synecdochic, synecdochical, |
| definition | : | using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it (adj.all) |
| similar | : | tropical, |
| definition | : | characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense (adj.all) |
| also | : | rhetorical, |
| definition | : | given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought (adj.all) |
2. consisting of or forming human or animal figures (adj.all)
| similar | : | representational, |
| definition | : | (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen (adj.all) |
3. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech (adj.all)
| antonym | : | literal, |
| definition | : | limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | literal, |
| definition | : | limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text (adj.all) |
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