figurative
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
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