10 Letter Words for Figurative
figurative
8 Letter Words for Figurative
figurate, fruitage, fruitive, fugitive
7 Letter Words for Figurative
fargite, fatigue, figurae, frigate, frutage, furivae, furtive, gifture, guarite, refugia, teguria, turfage, virgate, vitrage
6 Letter Words for Figurative
afrite, agrief, agrufe, agruif, aigret, argive, argute, arigue, augite, aurite, figura, figure, fregit, fugate, gaiter, garvie, gaufer, gaurie, giftie, grivet, guitar, igitur, refait, regift, rivage, rugate, tairge, taiver, tirage, triage, trigae, trivia, tuareg, vaguer, veruta, virtue
5 Letter Words for Figurative
aegir, afire, afret, afrit, after, aguti, aiger, aiver, argue, arite, auger, auget, aurei, autre, avert, fager, faire, faute, fauve, faver, feria, feuar, fieri, fiver, frate, frati, freit, fruit, fuage, fugie, fugit, gater, gaure, gauri, geira, giver, graft, grate, grave, great, greit, greta, grief, grift, grufe, gruft, gteau, ifrit, irate, refit, regia, retag, retia, rifte, rivet, rugae, targe, tarie, tarve, taver, tegua, terai, terga, tiger, tirve, tiver, tragi, trave, trefa, treif, trifa, triga, tugra, uraei, urate, urite, uteri, uvate, vague, vaire, vaute, vergi, vertu, viage, vigia, virga, virge, virtu, vitae, vitra
4 Letter Words for Figurative
afer, ager, aget, agit, ague, aire, airt, aitu, aivr, areg, aret, arte, arui, atef, auge, aute, aver, avie, eira, erat, eria, eruv, etua, etui, fage, fair, fait, fare, fart, fate, faut, fave, favi, fear, feat, feru, ferv, feta, fiar, fiat, fier, fire, five, frae, frag, frat, frau, fret, frig, frit, frug, fute, gaet, gair, gait, gare, gari, gart, gate, gaur, gaut, gave, gear, geat, geir, geit, geta, gift, gire, giri, girt, gite, give, graf, grat, grav, gret, grit, grue, gruf, guar, gufa, gurt, iare, itai, iter, iure, raft, rage, ragi, rait, rate, ratu, rave, reft, regt, reif, reit, rife, rift, riga, rita, rite, riva, rive, ruga, ruta, taig, tare, tari, taur, tave, tear, tega, tegu, tera, terf, tiar, tier, tige, tire, trag, trav, trie, trig, true, trug, tufa, turf, ufer, urea, urge, uria, urva, utai, uvae, uvea, uvre, vage, vagi, vair, vare, vari, vatu, vaut, veau, vega, vera, veri, vert, veta, vier, viga, vita, vite
3 Letter Words for Figurative
aer, aft, age, agr, agt, air, ait, are, arf, arg, art, aru, ate, auf, aug, ave, avg, ear, eat, eau, eft, eir, era, erf, erg, ert, eta, evg, fag, far, fat, fei, fer, fet, feu, fie, fig, fir, fit, fra, frg, fri, frt, fug, fur, fut, gar, gat, gau, ger, get, gie, gif, git, gra, grf, gte, gue, gui, gur, gut, guv, ife, ira, ire, ita, iva, ive, raf, rag, rai, rat, rea, ref, reg, rei, rev, ria, rie, rif, rig, rit, riv, rte, rti, rue, rug, rut, tag, tai, tar, tau, tav, tea, tef, teg, ter, tfr, tie, tig, tiu, tra, trf, tri, tua, tue, tug, tui, tur, ufa, ugt, uit, ura, ure, urf, uta, ute, uti, uva, vae, vag, var, vat, vau, veg, vei, ver, vet, via, vie, vig, vii, vug
Definitions for Figurative
[1] of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”
[2] metaphorically so called: His remark was a figurative boomerang.
[3] abounding in or fond of figures of speech: Elizabethan poetry is highly figurative.
[4] representing by means of a figure or likeness, as in drawing or sculpture.
[5] representing by a figure or emblem; emblematic.
[6] of the nature of, resembling, or involving a figure of speech; not literal; metaphorical
[7] using or filled with figures of speech
[8] representing by means of an emblem, likeness, figure, etc
[9] (in painting, sculpture, etc) of, relating to, or characterized by the naturalistic representation of the external world
Words related to Figurative
descriptive, allegorical, metaphorical, florid, fanciful, pictorial, metaphoric, flowery, illustrative, ornate, representative, typical, denotative, emblematic, emblematical, poetical, signifying
Words nearby Figurative
figurant, figurante, figurate, figurate number, figuration, figurative, figurative language, figure, figure and ground, figure eight, figure eight suture
Origin of Figurative
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin figūrātīvus (see figure) + -ive; replacing Middle English figuratif < Middle French
Words that may be confused with Figurative
figuratively, literally, virtually, (see, usage, note, at, literally)
Other words from Figurative
fig·ur·a·tive·ly , adverb
fig·ur·a·tive·ness , noun
non·fig·ur·a·tive , adjective
non·fig·ur·a·tive·ly , adverb
non·fig·ur·a·tive·ness , noun
sem·i·fig·ur·a·tive , adjective
sem·i·fig·ur·a·tive·ly , adverb
sem·i·fig·ur·a·tive·ness , noun
un·fig·ur·a·tive , adjective
un·fig·ur·a·tive·ly , adverb
un·fig·ur·a·tive·ness , noun
Synonyms for Figurative
allegorical, descriptive, fanciful, florid, metaphoric, metaphorical, pictorial, denotative, emblematic, emblematical, flowery, illustrative, ornate, poetical, representative, signifying, typical
