METAPHORICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metaphorical mean? 

• METAPHORICAL (adjective)
  The adjective METAPHORICAL has 1 sense:

1. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

  Familiarity information: METAPHORICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METAPHORICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

Synonyms:

metaphoric; metaphorical

Context example:

metaphoric language

Similar:

figurative; nonliteral ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech)

Derivation:

metaphor (a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity)