metaphoric

• Qui se rapporte à la métaphore ou qui en est caractéristique ; qui décrit quelque chose de manière imagée, non au sens propre.

Relating to or characteristic of a metaphor; describing something in a figurative, non-literal way.

1. Expressing one thing in terms of anotherB2formal

   Using a word or phrase to refer to something that it does not literally denote, suggesting a resemblance or analogy.

   métaphorique

   • The poet used a metaphoric description of the sunset as a golden ocean.
   • His speech was filled with metaphoric language about the journey of life.
   • She explained the complex idea using a metaphoric comparison to a tree.

   Synonymesallegoricalanalogicalemblematicfigurativerepresentationalsymbolic

   Antonymesliteral