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SYMBOLIC |
Figurative |
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ALLUSIVE |
Figurative; symbolical. |
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FIGURATE |
Figurative; metaphorical. |
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FIGURED |
Not literal; figurative. |
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RISE |
In various figurative senses. |
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TRALATITIOUS |
Metaphorical; figurative; not literal. |
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HUMBLEPIE |
Figurative meal for the mortified |
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TROPE |
Figurative use of a word |
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PINION |
A wing, literal or figurative. |
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AUREOLE |
A halo, actual or figurative. |
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ALLUSION |
A figurative or symbolical reference. |
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IRONCURTAIN |
Figurative barrier of the Cold War |
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TRANSLATIVE |
Tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense. |
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FIGURIST |
One who uses or interprets figurative expressions. |
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AMMUNITION |
Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative. |
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BREACH |
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. |
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AMPLITUDE |
Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance;
fullness. |
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FLOWERY |
Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a
flowery style. |
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FIGURATIVE |
Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a
highly figurative description. |
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REMOTE |
Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being
related; -- in various figurative uses. |
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HORSE |
Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
horse; a hobby. |
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TRALATION |
The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense;
ametaphor; a trope. |
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RACK |
To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to
harass, or oppress by extortion. |
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BURDEN |
To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay
a heavy load upon; to load. |
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TROPICAL |
Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being
of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical. |