figurative

adj

1. Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.

   “The lovers she seems to pursue with her figurative language in fact retreat under the barrage of similes, metaphors and fables.”

2. Metaphorically so called.
3. With many figures of speech.
4. Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative

   “This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity.”

5. Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.

   “1875-1886, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form.”