Metaphorical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metaphoric \Met`a*phor"ic\, Metaphorical \Met`a*phor"ic*al\, a.
     [Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]taphorique.]
     Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not
     literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression;
     a metaphorical sense. -- {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
     {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness}, n.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  metaphorical
       adj : expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a
             metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" [syn: {metaphoric}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "metaphorical":
     allegoric, allegorical, allusive, anagogic, associational,
     connotational, connotative, definable, demonstrative, denominative,
     denotational, denotative, designative, diagnostic, emblematic,
     evidential, exhibitive, expressive, extended, extensional, figural,
     figurative, figured, flowery, full of meaning, full of point,
     full of substance, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic,
     implicative, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual,
     intelligible, intensional, interpretable, mannered, meaning,
     meaningful, meaty, naming, ornamented, pathognomonic, peculiar,
     pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential, representative,
     semantic, semiotic, sententious, signalizing, significant,
     significative, signifying, substantial, suggestive, symbolic,
     symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic,
     transferred, trolatitious, tropological, typical