ETYM Latin figurativus: cf. French figuratif. Related to Figurative.
(Used of the meanings of words or text) Not literal; using figures of speech; SYN. nonliteral.
analogical · extended · figural · metaphoric · metaphorical · metonymic · metonymical · nonliteral · poetic · representational · rhetorical · synecdochic · synecdochical · tropical