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figurative definition

figurative


 
  Overview  of  adj  figurative 
 
  The  adj  figurative  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  figurative,  nonliteral  --  ((used  of  the  meanings  of  words  or  text)  not  literal;  using  figures  of  speech;  "figurative  language") 
  2.  figural,  figurative  --  (consisting  of  or  forming  human  or  animal  figures;  "a  figural  design";  "the  figurative  art  of  the  humanistic  tradition"-  Herbert  Read) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  figurative 
 
  2  senses  of  figurative 
 
  Sense  1 
  figurative  (vs.  literal),  nonliteral 
 
  literal  (vs.  figurative) 
  =>  denotative,  explicit 
 
  Sense  2 
  figural,  figurative 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  representational)  ->  nonrepresentational 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  figurative 
 
  2  senses  of  figurative 
 
  Sense  1 
  figurative  (vs.  literal),  nonliteral 
  =>  analogical 
  =>  extended 
  =>  metaphorical,  metaphoric 
  =>  metonymic,  metonymical 
  =>  poetic 
  =>  synecdochic,  synecdochical 
  =>  tropical 
  Also  See->  rhetorical#2 
 
  Sense  2 
  figural,  figurative 
  =>  representational  (vs.  nonrepresentational) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  figurative 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  figurative 
 
  figurative  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  figurative 
  figurative 
  nonfigurative 
  prefigurative 
 
  Overview  of  adj  figurative 
 
  The  adj  figurative  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  figurative,  nonliteral  --  ((used  of  the  meanings  of  words  or  text)  not  literal;  using  figures  of  speech;  "figurative  language") 
  2.  figural,  figurative  --  (consisting  of  or  forming  human  or  animal  figures;  "a  figural  design";  "the  figurative  art  of  the  humanistic  tradition"-  Herbert  Read) 



figurative definition