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
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.