Figurative
Figurative adjective - Expressing one thing in terms normally used for another.
Usage example: the figurative use of “allergy” to mean “a feeling of dislike”
Tropological and figurative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tropological" instead an adjective "Figurative".
Nearby Words: figuration, figuratively
Tropological
Tropological adjective - Expressing one thing in terms normally used for another.
Usage example: a tropological construct that no reader of the Bible should take literally
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Synonyms for Tropological
Figurative and tropological are semantically related. You can use "Figurative" instead an adjective "Tropological".
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Related pairs
- representative and figurative
- representative and tropological
- illustrative and figurative
- illustrative and tropological
- symbolic and figurative
- symbolic and tropological
- tropical and figurative
- tropical and tropological
- extended and figurative
- extended and tropological
- descriptive and figurative
- descriptive and tropological
- euphemistic and figurative
- euphemistic and tropological
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