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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Metaphoric \Met'a*phor"ic\, Metaphorical \Met'a*phor"ic*al\, adjective [Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]taphorique.] Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense. -- {Met'a*phor"ic*al*ly}, adverb -- {Met'a*phor"ic*al*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
metaphorical
adjective: expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" [syn: {metaphoric}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "metaphorical": allegoric, allegorical, allusive, anagogic, associational, connotational, connotative, definable, demonstrative, denominative, denotational, denotative, designative, diagnostic, emblematic, evidential, exhibitive, expressive, extended, extensional, figural, figurative, figured, flowery, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, implicative, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, mannered, meaning, meaningful, meaty, naming, ornamented, pathognomonic, peculiar, pithy, pointed, pregnant, readable, referential, representative, semantic, semiotic, sententious, signalizing, significant, significative, signifying, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, transferred, trolatitious, tropological, typical
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