<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>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."</li><li>metaphorically so called: His remark was a figurative boomerang.</li><li>abounding in or fond of figures of speech: Elizabethan poetry is highly figurative.</li><li>representing by means of a figure or likeness, as in drawing or sculpture.</li><li>representing by a figure or emblem; emblematic.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>metaphorical</li><li>symbolic</li><li>grandiloquent</li><li>florid</li><li>elaborate</li><li>flowery</li><li>ornamental</li><li>ornate</li></ul>