Metaphorical

/ˌmɛtəˈfɒɹɪkəl/

Synonyms for "metaphorical" (131 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Adjective(11 words)

alchemic alchemical allegorical analogicalancient history textbellylessbiblical flood mythbrobdingnagian buteonine cannibalistic dystopian

allegoric allegorical allusive anagogic associational connotational connotative definable demonstrative denominative denotational denotative designative diagnostic emblematic

Noun(1 words)

animal behaviors

Strong matches (39)

Noun(5 words)

emotion symbolic descriptorfeudatoryfigurative studyfigurative usagehorsewhipping

Adjective(15 words)

erotic figurativefigurative conceptfigurative descriptionfigurative expressionfigurative languagesfigurative meaningfigurative termfigurative usehallucinogenic idiomaticidiomatic phraseillustrative dataillustrative exampleimplied meaning inference

evidential exhibitive expressive extended extensional figural figurative figured floweryfull of meaningfull of pointfull of substanceidentifying ideographic idiosyncratic implicative indicating indicative indicatory

Related words (65)

individual intelligible intensional interpretable mannered meaning meaningful meaty naming ornamented pathognomonic peculiar pithy pointed pregnant readable referential representative semantic semiotic

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sententious signalizing significant significative signifying substantial suggestive symbolic symbolical symbolistic symbological symptomatic symptomatologic transferred trolatitious tropological typical

Noun(11 words)

less physicalmathematical termpoetic usagequantum-like analysissymbolic adjectivesymbolic mathsymbolic representationsymbolic representationssymbolistvisual metaphorwar chronicle

Verb(1 words)

likened

Adjective(16 words)

metaphoric nonliteralnonliteral meaningnonphysical worldpoetic languageslavelike spindlier symbolicsymbolic achievementsymbolic epithetsymbolic languagesymbolic logic systemsymbolic motifssymbolicalunlimited workloadzoological terms

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

1 entries

figurative language

More specific

9 entries

allegorical tropeanalogical modelconceit usageconceptual metaphorextended metaphorfigural expressionfigurative phrasepoetic imagesymbolic analogy

Collocations

6 entries

metaphorical conceptmetaphorical devicemetaphorical extensionmetaphorical framemetaphorical languagemetaphorical meaning

Inflections

2 entries

more metaphoricalmost metaphorical

Derivations

3 entries

metaphor metaphoric metaphorically

similar

2 entries

figurative nonliteral

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.

Source: tatoeba (328578)

"Literally" can literally mean "metaphorically". "Literal" meaning "metaphorical" is also a literal irony.

Source: tatoeba (463421)

Poetry is the expression of truth in metaphorical language.

Source: tatoeba (6159713)

metaphorical answer

Source: wiktionary

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