analogical (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *analogical*:
ADJECTIVE	all	analogical	expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy / analogy

English > *analogical*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy / analogy.
Example	"the analogical use of a metaphor"
Broader	figurative, nonliteral	(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal
Spanish	analógico
Nouns	analogy	drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Nouns	analogy	an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

HyperDic: analogical