Figurative

Adjective

 * 1) Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs".
 * 2) Metaphorically so called
 * 3) With many figures of speech
 * 4) Emblematic
 * 1) Emblematic

Synonyms for Figurative
metaphorical, symbolic, allegorical, euphemistic, typical, representative, emblematical, florid, ornate, poetical.

Antonyms
literal, plain, straightforward, honest, real.

Derived terms

 * figurativeness
 * figuratively

Related terms

 * figure

Thesaurus
adorned, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, allegoric, allegorical, allusive, anagogic, apish, associational, befrilled, cardinal, colored, connotational, connotative, decimal, decorated, definable, delineatory, demonstrative, denominative, denotational, denotative, depictive, designative, diagnostic, differential, digital, echoic, embellished, emblematic, embodying, embroidered, even, evidential, exhibitive, exponential, expressive, extended, extensional, fancy, festooned, figural, figurate, figured, finite, florid, flowery, fractional, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, graphic, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, illustrational, illustrative, imaginary, imitative, impair, implicative, impossible, incarnating, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, infinite, integral, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, irrational, limning, logarithmic, logometric, lush, luxuriant, mannered, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, mimetic, mimish, naming, negative, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, odd, onomatopoeic, ordinal, ornamented, ornate, overcharged, overloaded, pair, pathognomonic, peculiar, personifying, pictographic, pictorial, pithy, pointed, portraying, positive, possible, pregnant, prime, purple, radical, rational, readable, real, reciprocal, referential, representational, representative, representing, semantic, semiotic, sententious, signalizing, significant, significative, signifying, simulative, submultiple, substantial, suggestive, surd, symbolic, symbolistic, symbolizing, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, transcendental, transferred, trolatitious, tropological, typical, typifying, vivid

Translations

 * Arabic: استعاري, مجازي, رمزي
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 象徵, 象征
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: figuratif,
 * German:, , , ,
 * Hungarian:, képletes, jelképes


 * Italian: figurativo
 * Japanese:
 * Romanian: figurativ
 * Russian: переносный, образный, фигуральный, метафорический
 * Scottish Gaelic: samhlachail
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: figurativ
 * Turkish: mecazi


 * German:


 * Hungarian:


 * German:


 * German: ,


 * Hungarian: jelképes,

Adjective
figurative


 * 1) Feminine plural form of figurativo

Anagrams

 * figuratevi