figurative
adjective
1. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
- figurative language
Similar word(s): analogical, extended, metaphoric, metaphorical, metonymic, metonymical, poetic, synecdochic, synecdochical, tropical, rhetorical, nonliteral
2. consisting of or forming human or animal figures
- a figural design
- the figurative art of the humanistic tradition
Similar word(s): representational, figural