figurative
adjectiveHow many syllables in figurative?
There are 4 syllables in the word figurative.How to pronounce figurative:
Definition of figurative:
- figurative (adjective):
- (of language) abstract, imaginative, or symbolic
- representing by a figure or resemblance emblematic
- (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech.
Synonyms for figurative:
abstract
allegorical
analogical
descriptive
emblematical
fanciful
figural
florid
flowery
imaginative
metaphoric
metaphorical
metonymic
metonymical
nonliteral
ornate
pictorial
poetic
poetical
representative
rhetorical
symbolic
symbolical
synecdochic
synecdochical
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Antonyms for figurative:
abstract
accurate
actual
as it really happened
authentic
circumstantial
close
correct
credible
dinkum
exact
fact-based
factual
fair
faithful
genuine
graphic
hard
historical
honest
legit
legitimate
lifelike
literal
living
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- figueroa
- fertilizer
- fernandina
- feodary
- fantabulous
- fancifully
- fagioli
- factorials
- facilities
- facilitates
- faciata
- fabricating
- extumescence
- extricable
- extinguishing
- extensively
- extemporal
- exsiccation
- exposition
- exponential
- expoliate
- expiration
- expirable
- expenditure
- expeditate
- expectancy
- exotropic
- exhortations
- exhibiting
- exercises
- exemplified
- excretory
- exchequer
- excavator
- excalibur
- evocation
- everywhen
- everlasting
- eustachian
- eulogising
- ethnography
- esthesio
- estadio
- establisher
- esperanza
- esmeralda
- escapism
- erythrocyte
- erythrism
- erubescent
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