The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.
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Figurative
/ˈfɪɡəɹətɪv/
Synonyms for "figurative" (245 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Adjective(10 words)
analog modelancient history textbellylessbiblical flood mythbrobdingnagianbuteoninecannibalisticconnotative meaningdepictivedescriptive features
Noun(4 words)
animal behaviorsanimal motifdutch symbolischemotion symbolic descriptor
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (74)
Adjective(16 words)
eroticfiguralfurthesthallucinogenichumpbackedidiomaticidiomatic phraseillustrative dataillustrative exampleimplied meaning inferenceliterary symbolmetaphoricmetaphoricalmetaphorical animalmetaphorical descriptormetaphorical label
evenevidentialexhibitiveexponentialexpressiveextendedextensionalfancyfestoonedfiguralfiguratefiguredfinitefloridfloweryfractionalfull of meaningfull of pointfull of substancegraphic
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identifyingideographicidiosyncraticillustrationalillustrativeimaginaryimitativeimpairimplicativeimpossibleincarnatingindicatingindicativeindicatoryindividualinfiniteintegralintelligibleintensionalinterpretableirrationallimninglogarithmiclogometriclushluxuriantmanneredmeaningmeaningfulmeatymetaphorical
Noun(6 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (122)
Adjective(34 words)
metaphorical labelsmetaphorical processmetaphorical usemetonymicmythicalnonliteralnonliteral meaningnonphysical worldpoeticpoetic imagerypoetic markerpurgatorialrealisticrepresentationalrepresentational modelslavelikespindlierstormy seassymbolicsymbolic achievement
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symbolic artsymbolic epithetsymbolic implementsymbolic languagesymbolic logic systemsymbolic logicssymbolic markingsymbolic motifssymbolic notationsymbolic productionsymbolic termsymbolicalunlimited workloadzoological terms
mimeticmimishnamingnegativenumeralnumerarynumerativenumericnumericaloddonomatopoeicordinalornamentedornateoverchargedoverloadedpairpathognomonicpeculiarpersonifying
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pictographicpictorialpithypointedportrayingpositivepossiblepregnantprimepurpleradicalrationalreadablerealreciprocalreferentialrepresentationalrepresentativerepresentingsemanticsemioticsententioussignalizingsignificantsignificativesignifyingsimulativesubmultiplesubstantialsuggestivesurdsymbolicsymbolicalsymbolisticsymbolizingsymbologicalsymptomaticsymptomatologictranscendentaltransferredtrolatitioustropologicaltypicaltypifyingvivid
Noun(21 words)
poetic dictionpoetic usagepointingquantum theoryritual artifactsneakingsymbolic adjectivesymbolic calculussymbolic codesymbolic mathsymbolic math toolssymbolic ordersymbolic religious artsymbolic representationsymbolic representationssymbolic ritethe fewer the bettertokentriumphal archvisual metaphor
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visual metaphor device
Verb(2 words)
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2 entriesart formlinguistic device
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5 entriesCollocations
6 entriesfigurative artfigurative expressionfigurative languagefigurative meaningfigurative phrasefigurative speech
Inflections
2 entriesmore figurativemost figurative
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2 entriesAntonyms
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12 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
This is a figurative expression.
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What do you prefer, abstract or figurative painting?
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"That story was so funny I literally died from laughter." "Then how come you're talking to me now?" "Of course, I didn't actually die, it was just a figure of speech." "So you're saying you used 'literally' in a figurative way." "Apparently. Got a problem with that?" "No, just finding it amusing that language can twist to the point that a word comes to mean its own opposite."
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