figurative

figurative has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.
• a.. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.
• a.. Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
• a.. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2.
• a.. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"
• a.. consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read