- metaphorical as an adjective:
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metaphorical
adjective
1 metaphorical
Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another:
— A metaphorical expression.
synonym: metaphoric.
Roget 521: metaphorical, figurative, catachrestical†, typical, tralatitious†, parabolic, allegorical, allusive, anagogical†; ironical; colloquial; tropical.
Roget 464: comparative; metaphorical etc. 521. compared with etc. v.; comparable; judged by comparison.
Polish: metaforyczny, przenośny
Moby thesaurus: allegoric, allegorical, allusive, anagogic, associational, connotational, connotative, definable, demonstrative, denominative, denotational, denotative, designative, diagnostic, emblematic, evidential, exhibitive, expressive, extended, extensional ... show more.
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