Metaphorical guitar played during prime (10)
I believe the answer is:
figurative
'metaphorical' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'guitar played during prime' is the wordplay.
'played' is an anagram indicator.
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'prime' becomes 'five' (prime number).
'guitar' with letters rearranged gives 'gurati'.
'gurati' going into 'five' is 'FIGURATIVE'.
(Other definitions for figurative that I've seen before include "Metaphorical" , "Symbolic" .)