Metaphoric or metaphorical synonyms
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Of or expressed in a symbol or symbols
Of or characteristic of allegory
Not in its original, usual, literal, or exact sense; representing one concept in terms of another that may be thought of as analogous with it; metaphoric
referential
Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other.
Containing or characterized by indirect references:
Of or relating to the scientific or historical comparison of different phenomena, institutions, or objects, such as languages, legal systems, or anatomical structures, in an effort to understand their origins or relationships.
Believed or maintained with awe or deep respect, especially when contrary to or lacking factual evidence:
metonymic
Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
Skilled in or fond of poetry
Of or relating to exegesis
symbolistic
Characterized by the use of symbols.
Complicated; intricate:
The definition of imaginative is having or showing creativeness or resourcefulness.
antonomastic
Relating to, or characterized by, antonomasia.
catachrestic
Constituting or related to catachresis
descriptive (related)
Involving or characterized by description; serving to describe.
graphic (related)
Of the graphic arts
illustrative (related)
Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.
Find another word for metaphoric or metaphorical. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for metaphoric or metaphorical, like: symbolic, symbolical, allegorical, figurative, referential, allusive, comparative, mystical, anagogic, metonymic and poetic.