Definition of figures

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• figures is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
• figures is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
• figures is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of figures

• one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. digit
• judge to be probable (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. calculate
  2. count on
  3. estimate
  4. forecast
  5. reckon
• be or play a part of or in (verb)

  Examples

  1. Elections figure prominently in every government program
  2. How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?

  Synonyms

  1. enter
• a diagram or picture illustrating textual material (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. fig
• a decorative or artistic work (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. design
  2. pattern
• the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals (noun)

  Examples

  1. the figure was about a thousand

  Synonyms

  1. number
• a well-known or notable person (noun)

  Examples

  1. she is an important figure in modern music

  Synonyms

  1. name
  2. public figure
• alternative names for the body of a human being (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. anatomy
  2. bod
  3. build
  4. chassis
  5. flesh
  6. form
  7. frame
  8. human body
  9. material body
  10. physical body
  11. physique
  12. shape
  13. soma
• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. envision
  2. fancy
  3. image
  4. picture
  5. project
  6. see
  7. visualise
  8. visualize
• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. figure of speech
  2. image
  3. trope
• make a mathematical calculation or computation (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. calculate
  2. cipher
  3. compute
  4. cypher
  5. reckon
  6. work out
• a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape (noun)
• a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he made a figure of Santa Claus
• an amount of money expressed numerically (noun)

  Examples

  1. a figure of $17 was suggested
• a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating (noun)

  Examples

  1. she made the best score on compulsory figures
• a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground (noun)
• the impression produced by a person (noun)

  Examples

  1. he cut a fine figure
  2. a heroic figure
• understand (verb)

  Examples

  1. He didn't figure her

See definition of figures in Merriam Webster