'Metaphorical' definitions:
Definition of 'metaphorical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" [syn: metaphorical, metaphoric]
Definition of 'Metaphorical'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'metaphorical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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