metaphoric(al)
1Metaphoric — 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},… …
2metaphoric — (adj.) 1590s, from METAPHOR (Cf. metaphor) + IC (Cf. ic). Greek metaphorikos meant apt at metaphors …
3metaphoric — adjective expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another a metaphorical expression metaphoric language • Syn: ↑metaphorical • Similar to: ↑figurative, ↑nonliteral • Derivationally related …
4Metaphoric criticism — is one school of rhetorical analysis used in English and speech communication studies. Scholars employing metaphoric criticism analyze texts by locating metaphors within texts and evaluating those metaphors in an effort to better understand ways… …
5metaphoric — adjective see metaphor …
6metaphoric — See metaphor. * * * …
7metaphoric — adjective Like a metaphor …
8metaphoric — (Roget s IV) , modif. Syn. symbolic, symbolical, allegorical, figurative, referential, allusive, comparative, mystical, anagogic, metonymic, poetic, anagogical, contrastive, exegetical, symbolistic, involved, imaginative, mythic, antonomastic,… …
9metaphoric — metÉ™ fÉ”rɪkl , fÉ‘ / fÉ’ adj. of or pertaining to a metaphor, of simile; representational, allegory like …
10metaphoric — a.; (also metaphorical) Figurative, tropical …