figurative

figurative is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.
2. adjective. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.
3. adjective. Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
4. adjective. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2.
5. adjective. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

   "figurative language"

   Synonyms: nonliteral

6. adjective. consisting of or forming human or animal figures- Herbert Read

   "a figural design"

   "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"

   Synonyms: figural

Synonyms

nonliteral, figural

Common word forms

figuratively, figurativeness

Words from these letters

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