Words and phrases that have a meaning related to figurative: (165 results)
Antonyms:
literal
Often used in the same context:
metaphorical, literal, nonrepresentational, sculptural, gestural, representational, abstract, abstract expressionism, fauvist, painterly, calligraphic, allegorical, surrealist, poetic, cubistic, hieratic, figural, abstractionist, performative, formalist, memento mori, nonobjective, zoomorphic, nonliteral, impressionistic, silverpoint, marcel duchamp, piero della francesca, hieronymus bosch, pointillist, abstract expressionist, symbolist, suprematist, pictographic, uncarved, grisaille, phenomenological, collaged, franz kline, stylized, jean arp, iconographic, denotative, expressionistic, scratchboard, bas relief, surrealistic, wordsworthian, kazimir malevich, albrecht durer, jasper johns, whimsical, alla prima, quilled, imagist, geometric, watercolor, hieroglyphic, metaphysical, mannerist, symbolic, de kooning, literalized, artistic, semiotic, intransitive verb, tableau vivant, symbolical, aleatory, euclidean geometry, frederic remington, ostensive, lyrical, encaustic, chthonic, artful, roy lichtenstein, diagrammatic, drypoint, ex voto, stylistic, liminal, sgraffito, kabbalistic, willem de kooning, josef albers, polychrome, hans arp, semiabstract, wassily kandinsky, postmodernist, numinous, louise nevelson, jose clemente orozco, gustave courbet, allusive, primitivist, polymorphous, fetishistic, classical mythology, aphoristic, adverbial, empirical, synthetic, literary, natural, radioactive, specific, aromatic, celebrity, com, combustible, fame, hostile, inconsistent, orthodox, penal, personal, positive, adaptive, advanced, animate, metaphoric, connotative, pejorative, emblematic, illusionistic, indexical, univocal, colloquial, derogatory, euphemistic, ideographic
Appears in the definition of:
albatross, blind alley, collar, daisy chain, figuratively, figure, figure of speech, floridly, game plan, gravitation, holy of holies, housecleaning, image, leash, literally, metalepsis, millstone, peanut gallery, popularity contest, remove, rock, trope, virtually, wound
Synonyms:
Also try:analogical, extended, metonymic, metonymical, synecdochic, synecdochical, tropical
— Nouns for figurative: language, sense, expression, meaning, expressions, use, art, speech, way, style, representation, more...
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