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metaphoric

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Main Entry: figurative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not literal, but symbolic

Synonyms:

allegorical, denotative, descriptive, emblematic, emblematical, fanciful, florid, flowery, illustrative, metaphoric, metaphorical, ornate, pictorial, poetical, representative, signifying, typical

Antonyms:

literal, real, straightforward
Main Entry: illustrative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: explanatory

Synonyms:

allegorical, clarifying, comparative, corroborative, delineative, descriptive, diagrammatic, emblematic, exemplifying, explicatory, expository, figurative, graphic, iconographic, illuminative, illustrational, illustratory, imagistic, indicative, interpretive, metaphoric, pictorial, pictoric, representative, revealing, sample, specifying, symbolic, typical
Notes: illustrative means clarifying by use of examples or serving to demonstrate, while illustrious means widely known and esteemed or having or conferring glory

Antonyms:

atypical, complicated, confusing, involved
Main Entry: metaphorical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: figurative

Synonyms:

allegorical, denotative, descriptive, emblematic, illustrative, metaphoric, representative, symbolic, tropological
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