| figurative | | |
| adj. | 1. figurative, nonliteral | (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech.; "figurative language" |
| ~ analogical | expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy.; "the analogical use of a metaphor" |
| ~ extended | beyond the literal or primary sense.; "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'" |
| ~ metaphoric, metaphorical | expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another.; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" |
| ~ metonymic, metonymical | using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated.; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works" |
| ~ poetic | characterized by romantic imagery.; "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic" |
| ~ synecdochic, synecdochical | using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it.; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech" |
| ~ tropical | characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense. |
| ~ rhetorical | given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought.; "mere rhetorical frippery" |
| adj. | 2. figural, figurative | consisting of or forming human or animal figures.; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition" |
| ~ representational | (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen.; "representational art"; "representational images" |
| figural | | |
| face | | |
| n. (body) | 1. face, human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ external body part | any body part visible externally. |
| ~ beard, face fungus, whiskers | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face. |
| ~ mouth | the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening.; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth" |
| ~ eye, oculus, optic | the organ of sight. |
| ~ eyebrow, supercilium, brow | the arch of hair above each eye. |
| ~ facial vein, vena facialis | any of several veins draining the face. |
| ~ facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve | cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles. |
| ~ head, caput | the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains.; "he stuck his head out the window" |
| ~ nose, olfactory organ | the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals.; "he has a cold in the nose" |
| ~ chin, mentum | the protruding part of the lower jaw. |
| ~ physiognomy, visage, kisser, phiz, smiler, countenance, mug | the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British). |
| ~ feature, lineament | the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin.; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular" |
| ~ facial muscle | any of the skeletal muscles of the face. |
| ~ brow, forehead | the part of the face above the eyes. |
| ~ cheek | either side of the face below the eyes. |
| ~ jowl | a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging). |
| ~ jaw | the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. aspect, expression, face, facial expression, look | the feelings expressed on a person's face.; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" |
| ~ countenance, visage | the appearance conveyed by a person's face.; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage" |
| ~ leer | a suggestive or sneering look or grin. |
| ~ sparkle, spark, twinkle, light | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance.; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. face | the general outward appearance of something.; "the face of the city is changing" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. face | the striking or working surface of an implement. |
| ~ club-head, club head, clubhead, golf-club head | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball. |
| ~ head | the striking part of a tool.; "the head of the hammer" |
| ~ racquet, racket | a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games. |
| ~ surface | the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary.; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" |
| n. (person) | 5. face | a part of a person that is used to refer to a person.; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ synecdoche | substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa. |
| n. (location) | 6. face, side | a surface forming part of the outside of an object.; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" |
| ~ beam-ends | (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel.; "on her beam-ends" |
| ~ bottom, underside, undersurface | the lower side of anything. |
| ~ forepart, front, front end | the side that is forward or prominent. |
| ~ lee side, leeward, lee | the side of something that is sheltered from the wind. |
| ~ windward | the side of something that is toward the wind. |
| ~ back end, backside, rear | the side of an object that is opposite its front.; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" |
| ~ surface | the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object.; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" |
| ~ top side, upper side, upside, top | the highest or uppermost side of anything.; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted" |
| n. (body) | 7. face | the part of an animal corresponding to the human face. |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ muzzle | forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose. |
| ~ external body part | any body part visible externally. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. face | the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object).; "he dealt the cards face down" |
| ~ clock dial, clock face | the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day. |
| ~ dial | the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours. |
| ~ front | the side that is seen or that goes first. |
| ~ playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games. |
| ~ watch, ticker | a small portable timepiece. |
| n. (communication) | 9. face, grimace | a contorted facial expression.; "she made a grimace at the prospect" |
| ~ facial expression, facial gesture | a gesture executed with the facial muscles. |
| ~ moue, pout, wry face | a disdainful grimace. |
| n. (communication) | 10. case, face, font, fount, typeface | a specific size and style of type within a type family. |
| ~ type | printed characters.; "small type is hard to read" |
| ~ type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text. |
| ~ unicameral script | a script with a single case. |
| ~ bicameral script | a script having two distinct cases. |
| ~ constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font | a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter). |
| ~ proportional font | any font whose different characters have different widths. |
| ~ cartridge font, font cartridge | any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer. |
| ~ black letter, gothic | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries. |
| ~ bold, bold face, boldface | a typeface with thick heavy lines. |
| ~ italic | a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right. |
| ~ raster font, screen font | the font that is displayed on a computer screen.; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed" |
| ~ helvetica, sans serif | a typeface in which characters have no serifs. |
| n. (attribute) | 11. face | status in the eyes of others.; "he lost face" |
| ~ status, position | the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" |
| n. (attribute) | 12. boldness, brass, cheek, face, nerve | impudent aggressiveness.; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" |
| ~ aggressiveness | the quality of being bold and enterprising. |
| ~ audaciousness, audacity | aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery.; "he had the audacity to question my decision" |
| n. (artifact) | 13. face | a vertical surface of a building or cliff. |
| ~ perpendicular | an extremely steep face. |
| ~ vertical surface | a surface that is vertical. |
| ~ coalface | the part of a coal seam that is being cut. |
| v. (communication) | 14. confront, face, face up | deal with (something unpleasant) head on.; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
| ~ confront, face, present | present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" |
| ~ go about, set about, approach | begin to deal with.; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" |
| ~ tackle, undertake, take on | accept as a challenge.; "I'll tackle this difficult task" |
| v. (competition) | 15. confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| ~ front, breast | confront bodily.; "breast the storm" |
| ~ take the bull by the horns | face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it. |
| ~ encounter, take on, meet, play | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" |
| ~ pit, play off, oppose, match | set into opposition or rivalry.; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" |
| v. (stative) | 16. face, front, look | be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| ~ face | be opposite.; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other" |
| ~ confront | be face to face with.; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume" |
| v. (stative) | 17. face | be opposite.; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ front, face, look | be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
| v. (motion) | 18. face | turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction.; "Turn and face your partner now" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| ~ face | turn so as to expose the face.; "face a playing card" |
| v. (communication) | 19. confront, face, present | present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" |
| ~ face, face up, confront | deal with (something unpleasant) head on.; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
| v. (perception) | 20. face | turn so as to expose the face.; "face a playing card" |
| ~ face | turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction.; "Turn and face your partner now" |
| ~ disclose, expose | disclose to view as by removing a cover.; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" |
| v. (contact) | 21. face | line the edge (of a garment) with a different material.; "face the lapels of the jacket" |
| ~ line | cover the interior of.; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney" |
| ~ face | cover the front or surface of.; "The building was faced with beautiful stones" |
| ~ reface | put a new facing on (a garment). |
| v. (contact) | 22. face | cover the front or surface of.; "The building was faced with beautiful stones" |
| ~ revet | face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain.; "face an embankment" |
| ~ reface | provide with a new facing.; "The building was refaced with beautiful stones" |
| ~ face | line the edge (of a garment) with a different material.; "face the lapels of the jacket" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| facet | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. aspect, facet | a distinct feature or element in a problem.; "he studied every facet of the question" |
| ~ characteristic, feature | a prominent attribute or aspect of something.; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" |
| ~ side | an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect).; "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"; "it brought out his better side" |
| ~ sector, sphere | a particular aspect of life or activity.; "he was helpless in an important sector of his life" |
| ~ surface | a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something.; "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface" |
| n. (shape) | 2. facet | a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone). |
| ~ subfigure | a figure that is a part of another figure. |
| semblance | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. color, colour, gloss, semblance | an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| ~ color of law, colour of law | a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law.; "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights" |
| ~ simulacrum | an insubstantial or vague semblance. |
| ~ face value | the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth. |
| ~ guise, pretence, pretext, pretense | an artful or simulated semblance.; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" |
| ~ camouflage, disguise | an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something.; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" |
| ~ verisimilitude | the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. illusion, semblance | an erroneous mental representation. |
| ~ fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, apparition, shadow | something existing in perception only.; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" |
| ~ appearance | a mental representation.; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" |
| ~ irradiation | the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background. |
| ~ phantom limb | the illusion that a limb still exists after it has been amputated. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. likeness, semblance | picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing. |
| ~ identikit, identikit picture | a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought. |
| ~ ikon, picture, icon, image | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface.; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" |
| ~ portrait, portrayal | any likeness of a person, in any medium.; "the photographer made excellent portraits" |
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