Figurative Synonyms and Antonyms

fĭgyər-ə-tĭv
Not literal, symbolic
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. nonliteral
Antonyms:
  1. literal
  2. real
  3. straightforward
Consisting of or forming human or animal figures; ; - Herbert Read
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. metaphorical
  2. allegorical
  3. symbolic
  4. figural
  5. anagogical
  6. descriptive
  7. emblematic
  8. emblematical
  9. not literal
  10. florid
  11. flowery
  12. metaphoric
  13. ornate
  14. parabolic
  15. representative
  16. synecdochical
  17. tropical
  18. tropological
  19. typical
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

Words Related to Figurative

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. illustrative
  2. non-figurative
  3. painterly
  4. sculptural
  5. self-portraiture
  6. abstract-art
  7. non-representational
  8. expressionist
  9. expressionism
  10. semi-abstract
  11. poetic
  12. impressionism

Figurative Sentence Examples

  • It was an abstract of Christian doctrine in a vague and figurative way.

  • Ten-year-olds begin to understand figurative word meanings.

  • Idioms and figurative language have to be deliberately taught and explained in detail.

  • The large works in pen and ink imitate the small marks of the tiny sketches, be they figurative images or abstract doodles.

  • Dunlop's work explores the fundamental esthetic issues in his predominantly figurative paintings.

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