Synonyms for figure
ˈfɪg yər; esp. Brit. ˈfɪg ərfig·ure

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1. figure

   Emblem is the English form of emblema, a Latin word of Greek origin, signifying a figure beaten out on a metallic vessel by blows from within; also, a figure inlaid in wood, stone, or other material as a copy of some natural object. The Greek word symbolon denoted a victor's wreath, a check, or any object that might be compared with, or found to correspond with another, whether there was or was not anything in the objects compared to suggest the comparison. Thus an emblem resembles, a symbol represents. An emblem has some natural fitness to suggest that for which it stands; a symbol has been chosen or agreed upon to suggest something else, with or without natural fitness; a sign does actually suggest the thing with or without reason, and with or without intention or choice. A symbol may be also an emblem; thus the elements of bread and wine in the Lord's Supper are both appropriate emblems and his own chosen symbols of suffering and death. A statement of doctrine is often called a symbol of faith; but it is not an emblem. On the other hand, the same thing may be both a sign and a symbol; a letter of the alphabet is a sign which indicates a sound; but letters are often used as mathematical, chemical, or astronomical symbols. A token is something given or done as a pledge or expression of feeling or intent; while the sign may be unintentional, the token is voluntary; kind looks may be signs of regard; a gift is a token; a ring, which is a natural emblem of eternity, and also its accepted symbol, is frequently given as a token of friendship or love. A figure in the sense here considered is something that represents an idea to the mind somewhat as a form is represented to the eye, as in drawing, painting, or sculpture; as representing a future reality, a figure may be practically the same as a type. An image is a visible representation, especially in sculpture, having or supposed to have a close resemblance to that which it represents. A type is in religion a representation of a greater reality to come; we speak of one object as the type of the class whose characteristics it exhibits, as in the case of animal or vegetable types. An attribute in art is some accessory used to characterize a figure or scene; the attribute is often an emblem or symbol; thus the eagle is the attribute of St. John as an emblem of lofty spiritual vision. Compare SIGN.

   Synonyms:
   attribute, attribute, emblem, image, sign, symbol, token, type

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1. figure

   Synonyms:
   aspect, shape, emblem, type, image, condition, appearance, form, symbol, metaphor, likeness, delineation, illustration

   Antonyms:
   misrepresentation, deformity, disfigurement

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1. figure, fignoun

   a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

   "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

   Synonyms:
   number, form, design, fig, trope, physical body, material body, figure of speech, frame, image, name, build, common fig tree, chassis, shape, anatomy, bod, flesh, pattern, soma, common fig, digit, public figure, human body, physique

   Antonyms:
   ground

2. human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, fleshnoun

   alternative names for the body of a human being

   "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

   Synonyms:
   framing, course, skeletal system, flesh, pulp, frame, shape, variety, kind, conformation, figure of speech, image, chassis, physical body, trope, frame of reference, soma, haoma, human body, underframe, strain, contour, grade, systema skeletale, general anatomy, cast, form, mannikin, inning, physique, phase, mannequin, condition, skeleton, body-build, habitus, configuration, fig, variant, number, digit, class, pattern, bod, name, skeletal frame, signifier, embodiment, descriptor, manikin, public figure, sort, anatomy, word form, var., design, material body, manakin, build

   Antonyms:
   ground

3. digit, figurenoun

   one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration

   "0 and 1 are digits"

   Synonyms:
   dactyl, shape, design, fig, trope, physical body, material body, figure of speech, frame, form, name, build, image, chassis, fingerbreadth, bod, flesh, pattern, finger's breadth, soma, finger, anatomy, number, digit, public figure, human body, physique

   Antonyms:
   ground

4. figurenoun

   a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)

   "he made a figure of Santa Claus"

   Synonyms:
   number, form, design, fig, trope, physical body, material body, figure of speech, frame, image, name, build, chassis, shape, anatomy, bod, flesh, pattern, soma, digit, public figure, human body, physique

   Antonyms:
   ground

5. name, figure, public figurenoun

   a well-known or notable person

   "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"

   Synonyms:
   number, shape, design, fig, trope, physical body, epithet, figure of speech, frame, gens, name, build, image, chassis, anatomy, bod, form, material body, flesh, pattern, soma, digit, public figure, human body, physique

   Antonyms:
   ground

6. figurenoun

   a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

   Synonyms:
   number, form, design, fig, trope, physical body, material body, figure of speech, frame, image, name, build, chassis, shape, anatomy, bod, flesh, pattern, soma, digit, public figure, human body, physique

   Antonyms:
   ground

7. figurenoun

   an amount of money expressed numerically

   "a figure of $17 was suggested"

   Synonyms:
   number, form, design, fig, trope, physical body, material body, figure of speech, frame, image, name, build, chassis, shape, anatomy, bod, flesh, pattern, soma, digit, public figure, human body, physique

   Antonyms:
   ground

8. figurenoun

   the impression produced by a person

   "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"

   Synonyms:
   number, form, design, fig, trope, physical body, material body, figure of speech, frame, image, name, build, chassis, shape, anatomy, bod, flesh, pattern, soma, digit, public figure, human body, physique

   Antonyms:
   ground

9. number, figurenoun

   the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

   "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"

   Synonyms:
   turn, number, bit, act, phone number, trope, fig, numeral, physical body, routine, identification number, frame, form, name, build, figure of speech, chassis, shape, anatomy, bod, design, material body, flesh, pattern, soma, public figure, telephone number, image, digit, issue, human body, physique

   Antonyms:
   ground

10. trope, figure of speech, figure, imagenoun

    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

    Synonyms:
    flesh, range, frame, shape, figure of speech, image, chassis, physical body, trope, epitome, soma, look-alike, human body, effigy, range of a function, picture, form, mental image, physique, design, fig, number, double, digit, persona, pattern, bod, name, paradigm, simulacrum, icon, prototype, public figure, anatomy, ikon, material body, build

    Antonyms:
    ground

11. figurenoun

    a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground

    Synonyms:
    number, form, design, fig, trope, physical body, material body, figure of speech, frame, image, name, build, chassis, shape, anatomy, bod, flesh, pattern, soma, digit, public figure, human body, physique

    Antonyms:
    ground

12. design, pattern, figurenoun

    a decorative or artistic work

    "the coach had a design on the doors"

    Synonyms:
    image, intention, flesh, formula, frame, shape, traffic pattern, fig, figure of speech, chassis, approach pattern, physical body, trope, radiation diagram, soma, innovation, rule, human body, blueprint, radiation pattern, conception, excogitation, purpose, form, physique, plan, designing, aim, public figure, invention, number, convention, practice, digit, normal, bod, intent, name, pattern, anatomy, design, material body, build

    Antonyms:
    ground

13. figureverb

    a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating

    "she made the best score on compulsory figures"

    Synonyms:
    number, form, design, fig, trope, physical body, material body, figure of speech, frame, image, name, build, chassis, shape, anatomy, bod, flesh, pattern, soma, digit, public figure, human body, physique

    Antonyms:
    ground

14. calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecastverb

    judge to be probable

    Synonyms:
    fancy, predict, augur, foreshadow, bet, suppose, look, reckon, work out, view, omen, foretell, consider, estimate, auspicate, visualize, gauge, betoken, see, guess, project, picture, compute, depend, think, calculate, approximate, opine, envision, aim, imagine, direct, bode, count, image, prefigure, judge, presage, regard, prognosticate, enter, visualise, cypher, portend, forecast, cipher, account, count on

    Antonyms:
    ground

15. figure, enterverb

    be or play a part of or in

    "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"

    Synonyms:
    move into, reckon, insert, go into, work out, participate, embark, estimate, record, enrol, come in, see, fancy, picture, compute, visualize, accede, calculate, envision, inscribe, get in, cipher, infix, put down, image, get into, enter, enroll, recruit, visualise, cypher, forecast, project, go in, introduce, count on

    Antonyms:
    ground

16. visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, imageverb

    imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

    "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

    Synonyms:
    ensure, project, interpret, examine, look, experience, get word, visualise, watch, assure, image, fancy, run across, go steady, protrude, learn, cast, run into, enter, discover, escort, jut, pick up, visit, reckon, jut out, consider, forecast, come across, cypher, get a line, externalize, get wind, contrive, take care, calculate, control, ascertain, insure, attend, compute, date, realize, see, check, stick out, foresee, meet, propose, witness, go for, count on, catch, construe, design, estimate, regard, visualize, picture, plan, find, work out, go through, take in, view, take to, throw, hear, render, externalise, go out, envision, determine, see to it, encounter, find out, cipher, understand, depict, show, send off, realise

    Antonyms:
    ground

17. calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figureverb

    make a mathematical calculation or computation

    Synonyms:
    fancy, visualize, bet, suppose, look, reckon, encipher, write in code, view, consider, estimate, elaborate, lick, work out, aim, figure out, project, picture, compute, depend, think, calculate, work, opine, envision, inscribe, imagine, direct, code, work up, see, encrypt, count, image, puzzle out, guess, regard, exercise, enter, solve, visualise, cypher, forecast, cipher, account, count on

    Antonyms:
    ground

18. figureverb

    understand

    "He didn't figure her"

    Synonyms:
    compute, see, enter, visualize, reckon, cipher, image, project, fancy, estimate, visualise, envision, cypher, calculate, work out, forecast, count on, picture

    Antonyms:
    ground

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Body
   • Comprehend
   • Decoration
   • Illustration
   • Important Person
   • Impression
   • Integer
   • Judge
   • Model
   • Percept
   • Rhetorical Device
   • Shape
   • Sum

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1. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   form, shape, conformation, configuration, outline, TOURNURE

2. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   image, likeness, effigy, representation

3. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   appearance (as respects action or conduct)

4. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   distinguished appearance

5. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   design (on cloth, paper, &c.), pattern

6. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Geom.) diagram, drawing

7. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Rhet.) metaphor, trope, metaphorical term or expression

8. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Com.) price

9. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   (theol.) type, emblem, symbol

10. figurenoun

    Synonyms:
    10. (Arith.) digit, number, numeral, character

11. figureverb

    Synonyms:
    adorn (with figures), diversify, variegate

12. figureverb

    Synonyms:
    represent, symbolize, signify, typify, be typical of, shadow forth

13. figureverb

    Synonyms:
    imagine, image, conceive, picture, have an idea of

14. figureverb

    Synonyms:
    make a drawing of, make a representation of

15. figureverb

    Synonyms:
    make a figure, make a distinguished appearance, be distinguished, be conspicuous

16. figureverb

    Synonyms:
    show off, cut a dash, make a great show, cut a figure

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1. figurenoun

   Synonyms:
   shape, form, outline, tournure, conformation, image, effigy, statue, bust, figurehead, likeness, numeral, digit, number, type, emblem, symbol, caryatid, atlantes, telamones, figurine, diagram, drawing, dash, conspicuousness, show

2. figureverb

   Synonyms:
   compute, cipher, calculate, contrive, scheme, plan, symbolize, typify, represent

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1. List of paraphrases for "figure":

   chart, graph, graphic, illustration, appears, figures, number, chiffre, diagram, digit, fig, numeral, amount, graphical, silhouette, percentage, personality, exhibit, contained, sum, figure, appear, table, proportion, no., ozp

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1. Christian Hart:

   It is rare to find a public figure who lies so frequently in such verifiable ways.

2. Brian Koppelman:

   It’s kind of got everything, it’s got high stakes. Wins and losses. They (the power brokers) influence so much, and it's fun to watch really smart people go up against things they can't figure out.

3. Norman Blair:

   We all have these wounded egos. We all have a desire to be seen by an authority figure, it's important that there is some level of boundary.

4. Wednesday Biden:

   We badly need a Republican Party. We need a two-party system. It's not healthy to have a one-party system, and I think the Republicans are further away from trying to figure out who they are and what they stand for than I thought they would be at this point.

5. Mariann Wang:

   We understand it should be orderly. We want to cooperate with defendant in good faith to figure out when and how to proceed.