Figurative synonyms | adjectives

Synonyms for Figurative as an Adjective

• metaphorical

  symbolical, not literal
• symbolic

  representative, metaphorical
• representative

  symbolical, metaphorical
• emblematic

  metaphorical, not literal
• allegorical

  symbolical, metaphorical
• figural
• metaphoric

  not literal
• typical

  representative, symbolical
• illustrative

  representative, not literal
• tropical

  symbolical
• nonliteral
• pictorial

  not literal
• descriptive
• flowery

  imaginative
• florid

  imaginative
• fanciful

  imaginative
• imaginative
• parabolic

  tropical
• ornate

  imaginative
• emblematical

  emblematic
• expressive

  representative
• poetic

  imaginative
• extended
• denotative
• symbolical
• poetical
• graphic
• rhetorical
• signifying
• representational
• depictive
• indicative

  representative
• suggestive
• significant
• characteristic
• paradoxical

  contradictory
• contrary

  contradictory
• ironic

  contradictory
• incongruous

  contradictory
• picturesque
• figured
• analogical
• allusive
• allegoric
• embellished
• delineative
• symptomatic
• fancy
• vivid
• symbolizing