Collocations for "figurative"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "figurative" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025
figurative
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- is known for her figurative [art, writing, descriptions]
- figurative [art]
- figurative and abstract
- a figurative [painting, sculpture]
- figurative works of art
- the figurative [use, elements] of
- in a figurative sense
- in both the literal and figurative senses
'figurative' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blizzard
- cement
- divorce
- gauze
- halo
- heel
- hoover
- jaw
- jelly
- kernel
- landslide
- leech
- marrow
- mill
- needle
- poisonous
- pulp
- rape
- reservoir
- rubbish
- sag
- salute
- seam
- slack
- slap
- slate
- sleeve
- slope
- soap
- sore
- spawn
- spice
- spine
- spit
- splash
- sprout
- stalk
- steam
- stew
- sunshine
- sweep
- sword
- tank
- tension
- theatre
- throat
- tide
- toe
- tooth
- trash