Antonyms for figures
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : fig-yer; especially British fig-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪg yər; especially British ˈfɪg ər |
Definition of figures
Origin :- late 14c., "to represent" (in a picture); see figure (n.). Meaning "to shape into" is early 15c.; "to picture in the mind" is from c.1600; "to make an appearance" is c.1600. Meaning "work out a sum" is from 1833, American English. Related: Figured; figuring.
- noun numeral; numeric value
- noun form, shape; physical structure
- noun object with design; depiction
- noun famous person
- verb calculate, compute
- verb understand; decide, infer
- He looked up to see three figures—his brother, his uncle, his master.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- He then proceeded to show the inadequacy of the figures presented by Mr. O'Connell.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- You may almost distinguish the figures on the clock that has just told the hour.
- Extract from : « The Haunted Mind (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I steal into his sleep, and play my part among the figures of his dreams.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- She was heedless of the familiar scene, the figures grouped about her.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- The two figures in male attire broke into a laugh simultaneously.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- The door opened; but he seemed to take no heed, so diligently did he count his figures.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- Figures, are Tracts made by Art, on which the Dancer is to move.
- Extract from : « Orchesography » by John Weaver
- It was successful, Joe understood it, and went on briskly with the figures.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- What's anybody's motive, who figures in this thundering dime-novel?
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
Synonyms for figures
- add
- amount
- anatomy
- appearance
- attitude
- bod
- body
- build
- carriage
- cast
- catch on to
- celebrity
- character
- chassis
- chiffer
- cipher
- clear up
- composition
- comprehend
- conclude
- configuration
- conformation
- constitution
- cost
- count
- count heads
- count noses
- crack
- cut ice
- decipher
- decode
- decoration
- delineation
- determine
- development
- device
- diagram
- digit
- dignitary
- discover
- disentangle
- dope out
- drawing
- effigy
- embellishment
- emblem
- enumerate
- estimate
- fathom
- fix a price
- follow
- foot
- force
- frame
- get
- guess
- illustration
- image
- integer
- keep tabs
- leader
- make heads or tails of
- make out
- mass
- master
- measurements
- model
- mold
- motif
- motive
- notability
- notable
- number
- opine
- ornamentation
- outline
- pattern
- personage
- personality
- physique
- piece
- portrait
- pose
- posture
- presence
- price
- proportions
- puzzle out
- quotation
- rate
- reason
- reckon
- representation
- resolve
- rule
- run down
- see
- settle
- shadow
- silhouette
- sketch
- solve
- somebody
- statue
- substance
- sum
- summate
- suppose
- symbol
- take account of
- tally
- terms
- think
- think out
- torso
- tot
- tot up
- total
- totalize
- tote
- unfold
- unravel
- unriddle
- unscramble
- untangle
- work out
- worth
- worthy
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