Associations to the word «Figurative»
Noun
- Boxing
- Marble
- Color
- Grouping
- Gibbs
- Fluorescence
- Judaism
- Albania
- Judith
- Colour
- Combine
- Buddha
- Pun
- Relief
- Theme
- Stein
- Figure
- Non
- Thomson
- Venus
- Subject
- Vocabulary
- Avery
- Pulpit
- Orthodoxy
- Fine
- Pottery
- Herring
- Anatomy
- Elaine
- Finch
- Scene
- Inspiration
- Fir
- Verb
- Understanding
- Object
- Christ
- Fifty
- Movement
- Riddle
- Emotion
- Reality
- Leonardo
- Nathan
- Panel
- Simplicity
- Tic
- Hiring
- Significance
- Renaissance
- Peacock
- Word
- Form
- Modern
- Engraving
- Perception
- Funk
- Genesis
Adjective
Wiktionary
FIGURATIVE, adjective. Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs".
FIGURATIVE, adjective. Metaphorically so called
FIGURATIVE, adjective. With many figures of speech
FIGURATIVE, adjective. Emblematic; representative
Dictionary definition
FIGURATIVE, adjective. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language".
FIGURATIVE, adjective. Consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.