Synonyms of nonfigurative

nonfigurative

adjective

ˌnän-ˈfi-gyə-rə-tiv 

as in abstract

using elements of form (as color, line, or texture) with little or no attempt at creating a realistic picture

the gallery owner is resigned to the fact that nonfigurative works generally do not appeal to tourists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abstract
• nonrepresentational
• nonobjective
• impressionistic
• impressionist
• nonrealistic
• expressionistic
• expressionist
• symbolistic
• symbolist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• representational
• naturalistic
• figurative
• objective
• realistic
• natural
• nonabstract
• lifelike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nonfigurative

Abstraction or nonfigurative art was held, if not in some disdain, at least as something less pressing. — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022

Back then, Pop Art—of which Oldenburg’s work was a kind of rough version—was puzzling, if not a bit scandalous to an art world that had, only recently, barely gotten used to the nonfigurative paint pyrotechnics of Abstract Expressionism. — Peter Plagens, WSJ, 22 July 2022

Largely inspired by Taeuber’s tours de force of design, experiments in nonfigurative art took hold in the Dada circle. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021

Two nonfigurative pieces manage to appear simultaneously fractured and exalted. — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021

Although the caves contain a mix of figurative and nonfigurative images, the researchers focused their efforts on the latter variety. — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2018