Usually means: Using symbolism to convey meaning.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word metaphorical:

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  1. metaphorical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. metaphorical: Merriam-Webster
  3. metaphorical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. metaphorical: Collins English Dictionary
  5. metaphorical: Vocabulary.com
  6. Metaphorical, metaphorical: Wordnik
  7. metaphorical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. metaphorical: Wiktionary
  9. metaphorical: Dictionary.com
  10. metaphorical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Metaphorical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Metaphorical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. metaphorical: Rhymezone
  14. metaphorical: FreeDictionary.org
  15. metaphorical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. metaphorical: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. metaphorical: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. Metaphorical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

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  1. metaphorical: Legal dictionary

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  1. metaphorical: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.

Similar:
figurative, nonliteral, metaph., symbolic, tralatitious, figural, symbolistic, tropical, symbological, figurational, more...

Opposite:
literal, concrete, factual

Types:
simile, metaphor, allegory, analogy, more...

Phrases:
Metaphorical Music, Glossary of shapes with metaphorical names, Metaphorical code-switching, beginning of a metaphorical journey, metaphorical enormous span, more...

Adjectives:
more, only, highly, less, other, best, literal, itself, irreducibly, large, very

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Similar:
figurative, nonliteral, metaph., symbolic, tralatitious, figural, symbolistic, tropical, symbological, figurational, more...

Opposite:
literal, concrete, factual

Types:
simile, metaphor, allegory, analogy, more...

Phrases:
Metaphorical Music, Glossary of shapes with metaphorical names, Metaphorical code-switching, beginning of a metaphorical journey, metaphorical enormous span, metaphorical concession, more...

Adjectives:
more, only, highly, less, other, best, literal, itself, irreducibly, large, very

Colors:
    silver,     gold,     midnight blue,     crimson,     emerald, more...



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