figurative
figurative is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.
- 2.Ambounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
- 3.Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2. They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. J. A. Symonds. Figurative counterpointdescant. See under Figurate. -- Fig"ur*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Fig"ur*a*tive*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adumbrate
- adumbration
- allegorical
- allegorize
- allegory
- alliteration
- alliterative
- allude
- allusion
- allusive
- altiloquence
- altiloquent
- anagoge
- anagogical
- analogy
- antithesis
- antithetical
- apologue
- application
- apply
- artificial
- association
- bombast
- bombastic
- catachresis
- catachrestical
- colloquial
- colloquialism
- declamation
- declamatory
- elegance
- employ
- enallage
- euphemism
- euphemistic
- euphuism
- euphuist
- euphuistic
- exaggeration
- express
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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