Synonyms for figurative
ˈfɪg yər ə tɪvfig·u·ra·tive

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1. figurativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   literal

2. figurativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   literal

3. figurativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   literal

4. figurativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   literal

5. figurativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   literal

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1. figurative

   Synonyms:
   metaphorical, poetical, tropical, rhetorical, symbolical, typical, emblematical

   Antonyms:
   literal, prosaic, unpoetical, unmetaphorical

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1. figurative, nonliteraladjective

   (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

   "figurative language"

   Synonyms:
   nonliteral, figural

   Antonyms:
   explicit, nonrepresentational, denotative, literal

2. figural, figurativeadjective

   consisting of or forming human or animal figures

   "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read

   Synonyms:
   nonliteral, figural

   Antonyms:
   explicit, nonrepresentational, denotative, literal

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1. figurativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   typical, representative, emblematical

2. figurativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   tropical, metaphorical, not literal

3. figurativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   flowery, florid, ornate

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1. figurativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   typical, representative, emblematical, metaphorical, tropical

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1. List of paraphrases for "figurative":

   representational, fig

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How to use figurative in a sentence?

1. Salvador Dalí:

   We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.

2. President Trump:

   And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore, of the over 10,000 words spoken, President Trump used the word' fight' a little more than a handful of times and each time in the figurative sense that has long been accepted in public discourse when urging people to stand and use their voices to be heard on matters important to them ; it was not and could not be construed to encourage acts of violence.

3. William Barr:

   One of the ironies, as some have observed, is that the secular project has itself become a religion, pursued with religious fervor. It is taking on all the trappings of a religion – including inquisitions and excommunication. Those who defy the creed risk a figurative burning at the stake – social, educational, and professional ostracism and exclusion waged through lawsuits and savage social media campaigns.

4. Shaun Fletcher:

   We’re putting our athletes through a lot of painful literal and figurative hoops and hurdles with really no resolution at the end of it to tell them that this is the standard that is being set for competition, there needs to be a joint effort to determine the metric because athletics and institutions, they go off of metrics and standards that can be applied to the masses.

5. Lauren McLean:

   The antisemitic messages contained in the graffiti found along the Greenbelt put a literal and figurative stain on Boise Parks and Recreation workers community. This will not be tolerated, hate speech is reprehensible. It is not who( Boise Parks and Recreation workers) are as a city and is not part of Boise Parks and Recreation workers shared values. I invite all good people of Boise to stand with me, as I stand with Boise Parks and Recreation workers Jewish neighbors, to rebuke this hate.