Hyphenation of figurative

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word figurative? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

fig-u-ra-tive

Definitions of figurative:

1.	(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal Using figures of speech Figurative language
2.	Consisting of or forming human or animal figures A figural design The figurative art of the humanistic tradition- Herbert Read

Synonyms of figurative:

adj	figurative, nonliteral, analogical, extended, metaphorical, metaphoric, metonymic, metonymical, poetic, synecdochic, synecdochical, tropical, rhetorical
adj	figural, representational

Last hyphenations of this language

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