Metaphorical
[,metə'fɒrɪkl] or ['mɛtə'fɔrɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; 'a metaphorical expression'; 'metaphoric language' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Figurative.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Figurative, symbolical, allegorical, typical
ANT:Literal
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Examples
- Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But the fighting with Mr. Farebrother must be of a metaphorical kind, which was much more difficult to Fred than the muscular. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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