figurative

fig·u·ra·tive  (fgyr--tv)

adj.

1.

a. Based on or making use of figures of speech; metaphorical: figurative language.

b. Containing many figures of speech; ornate.

2. Represented by a figure or resemblance; symbolic or emblematic.

3. Of or relating to artistic representation by means of animal or human figures.

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figu·ra·tive·ly adv.

figu·ra·tive·ness n.

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figurative

Adjective

1. (of language) abstract, imaginative, or symbolic; not literal

2. (of art) involving realistic representation of people and things

figuratively adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	figurative - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language" nonliteral rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" literal - limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"
	2.	figurative - consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read figural representational - (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen; "representational art"; "representational images"

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figurative

adjective symbolical, representative, abstract, allegorical, typical, tropical Rhetoric imaginative, ornate, descriptive, fanciful, pictorial, metaphorical, flowery, florid, poetical, emblematical << OPPOSITE literal

Translations

figurative [ˈfɪgjurətɪv] adj [meaning] → figurado;

(ART) → figurativo

figurative [ˈfɪgjurətɪv] adj → figuré(e)

figurative [ˈfɪgjurətɪv] adj → bildlich, übertragen;

(style) → gegenständlich

figurative [ˈfɪgjurətɪv] adj → figurato/a