Figurative languages

Synonyms for "figurative languages" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
allegoricalcomparison using likeexplicit comparison

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
figurative comparisonfigurative speechfigure of speech

Related words (6)

Adjective(6 words)
metaphoricalnonliteralpoeticrhetorical figuresymbolicsymbolic comparison

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries
adjectivefigurative languagelinguistic devicelinguistic termrhetorical device

More specific

9 entries
allegoricaldead metaphorexplicit simileextended metaphorimplicit similemetaphormetaphoricalsimilesymbolic

Collocations

12 entries
figurative expressionfigurative languagefigurative language analysisfigurative language devicefigurative language examplesfigurative language featuresfigurative language typesfigurative meaningfigurative speechfigurative tropefigurative writinguse figurative language

Inflections

2 entries
more figurativemost figurative

Derivations

4 entries