Antonyms of adj figurative

2 senses of figurative

Sense 1
figurative (vs. literal), nonliteral -- ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language")

literal (vs. figurative) -- (limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation")
        => denotative, explicit -- (in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term)

Sense 2
figural, figurative -- (consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read)

INDIRECT (VIA representational) -> nonrepresentational -- (of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature)

Similarity of adj figurative

2 senses of figurative

Sense 1
figurative (vs. literal), nonliteral -- ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language")
       => analogical -- (expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy; "the analogical use of a metaphor")
       => extended -- (beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'")
       => metaphorical, metaphoric -- (expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language")
       => metonymic, metonymical -- (using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works")
       => poetic -- (characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic")
       => synecdochic, synecdochical -- (using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech")
       => tropical -- (characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense)
          Also See-> rhetorical#2

Sense 2
figural, figurative -- (consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read)
       => representational (vs. nonrepresentational) -- ((used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen; "representational art"; "representational images")