Figurative

Definition:

• (a.) Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.
• (a.) Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.
• (a.) Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
• (a.) Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2.

Compare figurative with other words:

figurative vs. stray

figurative vs. straightforward

figurative vs. simpler

figurative vs. low

figurative vs. litter

figurative vs. nonliteral

figurately vs. figurative

figurative vs. mobile

figurative vs. intense

figurative vs. primarily

comprehension vs. figurative

figurable vs. figurative

figurative vs. ree

figurative vs. reek

base vs. figurative

figurative vs. premier

figurative vs. manus

figurative vs. theological

figurative vs. primer

figurative vs. symbolic

catachresis vs. figurative

figurative vs. stomp

figurative vs. metaphorical

figurative vs. irreducible

figurative vs. translative

figurative vs. heterodont

figurative vs. tropical

figurative vs. liberal

figurative vs. trope

figurative vs. lessened

figurative vs. parthenogenesis

figurative vs. hurtle

figurative vs. figure

figurative vs. prosaic

figurative vs. piece

figurative vs. polynomial

figurative vs. literal

connotative vs. figurative

connotation vs. figurative