figurative

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal;
using figures of speech (Freq. 3)
- figurative language
• Syn:
nonliteral
• Ant:
literal
• Similar to:
analogical, extended, metaphorical, metaphoric, metonymic,
metonymical, poetic, synecdochic, synecdochical, tropical
• See Also:
rhetorical
2. consisting of or forming human or animal figures
- a figural design
- "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read
• Syn:
figural
• Similar to:
representational

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  figural, nonliteral