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figurative

Synonyms

Adjective

1. figurative

2. nonliteral, analogical, extended, metaphorical, metaphoric, metonymic, metonymical, poetic, synecdochic, synecdochical, tropical, rhetorical, figural

3. representational

Usage
Enrique Pichardo | Comunidad, Figurative Expressionism by Enrique Picha… (2025) | For Sale - Artsy
How figurative language makes complex ideas more persuasive - Daily Journal
Figurative Archive: an open dataset and web-based application for the study of metaphor | Scientific Data - Nature
Can Figurative Abstraction Sway Historic Memory? - Frieze
Figurative Expressionist Painter Jay Milder Dies at 92 - Hyperallergic
Inside PAFA’s Powerful Figurative Art Exhibition - Modern Luxury
Spiritualism in Plaster: Philosophy, Archaeology, and Figurative Practices in Félix Ravaisson’s Study of the Venus de Milo | History of Humanities: Vol 11, No 1 - The University of Chicago Press: Journals
David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 - The New York Times
In the Figurative Funk Zone - The Santa Barbara Independent
Léonore Chastagner Sculpts Tender Connections Between Figurative Gestures and Objects - Colossal
Bria Edwards’ figurative paintings answer the question ‘There are Black people riding horses in this area?’ - Baltimore Beat
Figurative Painting’s Not Dead and There’s a New Fair in Town: Johanna Fateman's New York Art Week Diary - Cultured Mag
Bennett Prize Competition for Women Figurative Painters Open Call, 2027 Jurors Announced - Glasstire
Georg Baselitz | German artist who turned figurative painting on its head, has died, aged 88 - Thaddaeus Ropac
David Hockney, British Artist Who Reimagined Figurative Painting, Dies at 88 - Galerie Magazine
On Figure and Setting: Original Figurative Art, Contemporary People Paintings, Modern Wall Decor for Interior Design - Artsy
Adebayo Taiwo | Becoming 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative,… (2025) | For Sale - Artsy
Adebayo Taiwo | Becoming 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative,… (2025) | For Sale - Artsy
Sherry Karver, Sandy Ostrau & Stephen Dinsmore: Figurative Perspectives - Artsy
Tolulope Isaac | Halo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Flora… (2026) | For Sale - Artsy
Oluwafemi Afolabi | Soft Souls - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, … (2026) | For Sale - Artsy
Nicole Eisenman Preaches the Gospel of Figurative Painting and Staying Friends With Your Exes - Cultured Mag
Studio Shop Gallery Celebrates A Figurative Artist's Centennial - Art & Object
Crime:Scene releases Figurative Theatre “Best of 2010–2025” - SIDE-LINE
Video: Influential Artist David Hockney Dies at Age 88 - The New York Times
World's Oldest Non-Figurative Painting Found In Indonesian Cave - NDTV
A New New Museum - Artforum
The Bennett Prize Opens Fifth Call for Entries - Hyperallergic
How Eva Helene Pade Creates Her Dreamlike Paintings - The Cut
Review: “Figurative Histories” at the Moody Center For the Arts, Houston - Glasstire
Cave art from at least 67,800 years ago sets new record as oldest non-figurative painting - Guinness World Records
Jeff Whipple creates a mood with motif in figurative art show at FAMU gallery - Tallahassee Democrat
Wooden Figurative Sculptures Explore Contrasts in How Nature and Humankind Exist as One - My Modern Met
Reynier Llanes at Artplex Gallery: Contemporary Figurative Paintings Rooted in Symbolism, Narrative, and Emotional Depth - Artsy
Frame Work: Detroit figurative painter reimagines rest - Axios
Figurative Fictions - Arquitectura Viva
This Figurative Painter Captures the Intricacies of Detroit Through a Local Tattoo Artist - My Modern Met
Embedded Perspectives: Original Contemporary Sculpture and Figurative Paintings by International Artists Exploring Memory and Culture - Artsy
The aesthetic experience of the sublime for a group of Highly Sensitive Persons: Maselli's figurative style vs. Rothko's abstract expressionism - Frontiers
When the image loses its shape: a comparative study of college students' understanding pathways of abstract and figurative art - Frontiers
'Savannah Figurative' exhibit to showcase process studies of eight artists - Savannah Morning News
Parma's Pilotta presents Bella figura: Italian figurative painting between modern and eternal - Finestre sull'Arte
Jenny Saville Brings Bold Figurative Painting to the Modern - Fort Worth Magazine
The Reading Room HTX to complement ‘Figurative Histories’ exhibition at Moody Center for Arts - Rice University
An exhibition on contemporary figurative painting at the Pilotta in Parma - Finestre sull'Arte
A love for geometry and exploded compositions fuel Yomi’s figurative paintings - It's Nice That
The Work of Kye Christensen-Knowles Proves That Figurative Painting Is Alive and Well - Cultured Mag
Meet Eva Helene Pade, the emerging artist redefining figurative painting - wallpaper.com
Lisa Yuskavage and the museum presence of her figurative paintings - AD HOC NEWS
Satish Gujral | Untitled, Figurative, Pencil on Rice Paper (2006) | For Sale - Artsy
Classic painting is ghostly in Łukasz Stokłosa’s work - wallpaper.com
Sarasota Art Museum exhibit features hyper-realistic figurative drawings by Miami artist Chris Friday - WGCU
New York Academy of Art: Bringing Traditional Skills to Contemporary Discourse - Hyperallergic
His paintings are a chance to connect with others, and be kinder to himself - San Diego Union-Tribune
The Euan Uglow revival gets underway - Apollo – The International Art Magazine
W&M art professor earns prestigious recognition for her paintings - W&M News
Paula Rego: Dance Among Thorns - studiointernational.com
‘In-Between Two Worlds’ merges abstraction and figurative paintings - The Kathmandu Post
"Painting Energy": Alex Katz spotlights his favorite artists - CBS News
On View in Houston: “Figurative Histories” - Oxford American
Sandro Chia and the figurative energy of Transavanguardia - AD HOC NEWS
Rethinking Figurative Language in Autism: What Evidence Can We Use for Interventions? - Frontiers
What’s Wrong With the New Figurative Painting? - The Nation
Sri Lankan Artist Shanaka Kulathunga Makes His Indian Debut With ‘Silent Stories’ - homegrown.co.in
Anna Park's new show at Lehmann Maupin in London offers a voyeuristic mix of the abstract and the figurative - wallpaper.com
From art to fashion: Jonathan Schofield combines his two loves in figurative paintings - wallpaper.com
A TikTok video of Rice University's viral summer art show racked up 133K views - Houston Chronicle
Behind Its Literal and Figurative Body Counts, ‘The Hunting Wives’ Is Really About Messy Love - Thought Catalog
Eric Fischl and the Thursday work of memory - AD HOC NEWS
Figurative Fathers - American Libraries Magazine
Reconfiguring the Figure at Pangolin London Tracks Seven Decades of Figurative Sculpture - Martin Cid Magazine
Why Figurative Artists Have Turned to Monochromatic Palettes - Artsy
John Currin and the painted fictions of desire - AD HOC NEWS
Processing figurative language: Evidence from native and non-native speakers of English - Frontiers
Interview with Figurative Painter Jenia Weichsel by Noah Becker - Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art
Painter turns Moose Jaw family's history into figurative storytelling at Shurniak Gallery - MooseJawToday.com
Wike’s ‘shoot’ remark on TV figurative, not literal – Minister’s spokesman - The Sun Nigeria
Dreamlike pig-hunting scene is the world’s oldest figurative art - Science | AAAS
Why So Many New Figurative Paintings Are Missing Faces - Artsy
These Emerging Black Artists Are the Future of Figurative Painting - Artsy
3rd-century mosaic floor with figurative motifs unearthed in northwestern Türkiye - Anadolu Ajansı
The Figurative and the Literal: Disagreeable Speech versus Intimidation and Physical Attacks - Verdict/Justia
On View: 'Robert Carter and Charles White in Dialogue' Presents Moving Figurative Compositions at ACA Galleries in New York - Culture Type
Learning at Home: 8th Grade Figurative Language - WRAL
The Long History of the Figurative 'Literally'—and 8 Great Writers Who Used It - Mental Floss
‘Figurative Histories’ brings together 4 Texas artists celebrating the power of presence - Rice University
Painting’s Quiet Rebellion: Revisiting the Figurative Surge of 1995 at David Zwirner Gallery, NYC - ArteFuse
Luc Tuymans Makes His Paintings in Only a Day - Air Mail
Ilana Dotan's haunting art wins 2025 Haim Shiff prize - The Jerusalem Post
Finalists Selected for The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters - Hyperallergic
Glenside Artist Zenos Frudakis Has Sculpted Everything from Monuments to Figurative Works - MONTCO.Today
Meet Amy McCormac | Contemporary Figurative Painter - SHOUTOUT LA
‘Shoot’ Comment Was Figurative, Wike Clarifies Threat on TV Host - TVC News
Oldest example of figurative art found in Indonesian cave - The Art Newspaper
Remembering Sam Glucksberg, Who Pioneered the Study of Figurative Language - Association for Psychological Science – APS
On View: 'Devin B. Johnson: Ritual of Welcome' Exhibition Features New Figurative and Abstract Paintings at Nicodim Gallery in Los Angeles - Culture Type
Artist unveils new collection marking shift in creative direction - Great British Life
Figurative Constructs at MANA Contemporary - Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art
Sean Scully's Figurative Leap - Hyperallergic - Lisson Gallery
6 Must-See Figurative Painting Shows in New York - Galerie Magazine
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'figurative'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
figruative,   digurative,   figuratice,   figuratvie,   figurativve,   figirative,   figurativ,   figgurative,   figurarive,   figurativee,   figurayive,   figuraative,   ifgurative,   ffigurative,   figurtive,   figuratuve,   fogurative,   fiugrative,   figurtaive,   fugurative,   fgurative,   figuratie,   figyrative,   figurrative,   fgiurative,   figuraive,   figutative,   figuraitve,   gigurative,   figurattive,   fihurative,   fiigurative,   figuative,   figuartive,   figuurative,   fiurative,   figuratiev,   figurativw,   figrative,   igurative,   figuratove,   figurstive,   figuratiive,   figurativr,   figueative,   figuratve,   figuratibe,   fifurative
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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