Synonyms for figurative

Similarity of adj figurative

2 senses of figurative

Sense 1:

figurative (vs. literal), nonliteral
analogicalextendedmetaphorical, metaphoricmetonymic, metonymicalpoeticsynecdochic, synecdochicaltropical

Also See: rhetorical#2

Sense 2:

figural, figurative
representational (vs. nonrepresentational)