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- Thesaurus|515
- Abbreviations|0
27 entries under figurative topic. ×
| expository(adjective, warm, explain, interpretation, expressive) | |
| interpretive(adjective, explain, critical, expressive, vivid) | |
| descriptive(adjective, critical, meaningful, narrative, revealing) | |
| explicatory(adjective, critical, interpretation, revealing, graphic) | |
| clarifying(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| graphic(adjective, expressive, vivid, narrative, revealing) | |
| illuminative(adjective, expressive, vivid, revealing, graphic) | |
| allegorical(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| corroborative(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| indicative(adjective, warm, loving, expressive, meaningful) | |
| comparative(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| delineative(adjective, expressive, vivid, narrative, revealing) | |
| diagrammatic(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| emblematic(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| exemplifying(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| iconographic(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| illustrational(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| illustratory(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| metaphoric(adjective, revealing, graphic, descriptive) | |
| pictorial(adjective, expressive, vivid, narrative, revealing) |
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