Figurative Synonyms and Antonyms

fĭgyər-ə-tĭv
Not literal, symbolic
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. nonliteral
Consisting of or forming human or animal figures; ; - Herbert Read
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. alliteration
  2. anacoluthon
  3. anadiplosis
  4. anastrophe
  5. antiphrasis
  6. antithesis
  7. antonomasia
  8. apostrophe
  9. assonance
  10. asyndeton
  11. conceit
  12. ellipsis
  13. euphemism
  14. hendiadys
  15. hypallage
  16. hyperbole
  17. irony
  18. litotes
  19. malapropism
  20. meiosis
  21. metaphor
  22. metonymy
  23. onomatopoeia
  24. oxymoron
  25. pathetic-fallacy
  26. personification
  27. pleonasm
  28. polysyndeton
  29. rhetorical-question
  30. simile
  31. syllepsis
  32. synecdoche
  33. tautology
  34. tmesis
  35. trope
  36. tropology
  37. zeugma

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