figurative language

fig·ur·a·tive lan·guage

F f

Definitions of figurative language words

noun figurative language language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors. 1
noun figurative language non-literal expressions 1

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?