adj representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.
2. figurative ·adj abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
3. figurative ·adj relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, ·etc. ·see figure, ·noun, 2.
4. figurative ·adj used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal;
applied to words and expressions.