NSW Opportunity Class
Figurative
adjective/FIG-yuh-ruh-tiv/
Figurative means using words to paint a picture rather than meaning them exactly.
In contextThe poem was full of figurative language like similes and metaphors.
Remember it
Figurative holds 'figure' — words that make a figure or picture instead of the plain fact.
Use it well
Use figurative when meaning is imaginative, the opposite of literal; key term for poetry analysis.