ADJECTIVE | all | figurative, nonliteral | (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal |
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all | figurative, figural | consisting of or forming human or animal figures |
Sounds | fih'gyerahtihv | |
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Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... |
Meaning | (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech. | |
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Example | "figurative language" | |
Synonym | nonliteral | |
Narrower | analogical | Expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy / analogy |
extended | Beyond the literal or primary sense | |
metaphorical, metaphoric | Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | |
metonymic, metonymical | Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated | |
poetic | Characterized by romantic imagery | |
synecdochic, synecdochical | Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part | |
tropical | Characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes | |
See also | rhetorical | Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
Opposite | literal | Limited to the explicit meaning / meaning of a word or text |
Spanish | figurado, figurativo | |
Adverbs | figuratively | in a figurative sense |
Meaning | Consisting of or forming human or animal figures. | |
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Example | "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read | |
Synonym | figural | |
Broader | representational | (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen |
Spanish | figurativo |
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