Associations to the word «Figurative»
Noun
- Abstraction
- Abstract
- Metaphor
- Idiom
- Sculpture
- Allegory
- Painting
- Imagery
- Painter
- Realism
- Modernism
- Sculptor
- Precept
- Mosaic
- Watercolor
- Carving
- Collage
- Symbolism
- Lucian
- Ga
- Miniature
- Meaning
- Motif
- Landscape
- Pollock
- Coffin
- Figurine
- Depiction
- Irony
- Picasso
- Mural
- Stucco
- Analogy
- Elmer
- Iconography
- Ceramics
- Decoration
- Freud
- Palette
- Proverb
- Bacon
- Neo
- Representation
- Portrait
- Sense
- Expression
- Sarcasm
- Ornament
- Etching
- Art
- Artist
- Narrative
- Rhetoric
- Signified
- Interpretation
- Bronze
- Paint
- Canvas
- Eloquence
- Style
- Language
- Usage
- Cites
- Michelangelo
- Phrase
- Discourse
Adjective
Adverb
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
In words are seen the state of mind and character and
disposition of the speaker.