(a.) Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.

allegoric allegorical allusive anagogic associational connotational connotative definable demonstrative denominative denotational denotative designative diagnostic emblematic evidential exhibitive expressive extended extensional figural figurative figured flowery full of meaning full of point full of substance identifying ideographic idiosyncratic implicative indicating indicative indicatory individual intelligible intensional interpretable mannered meaning meaningful meaty naming ornamented pathognomonic peculiar pithy pointed pregnant readable referential representative semantic semiotic sententious signalizing significant significative signifying substantial suggestive symbolic symbolistic symbological symptomatic symptomatologic transferred trolatitious tropological typical