metaphorical

metaphorical
    adj 1: expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another;
           "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" [syn:
           {metaphorical}, {metaphoric}]
    

Metaphoric \Met`a*phor"ic\, Metaphorical \Met`a*phor"ic*al\, a.
   [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}, adv. --
   {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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