English adjective: nonliteral | |||
| 1. | nonliteral (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech | ||
| Samples | Figurative language. | ||
| Synonyms | figurative | ||
| Similar | analogical, extended, metaphoric, metaphorical, metonymic, metonymical, poetic, synecdochic, synecdochical, tropical | ||
| See also | rhetorical | ||
| Antonyms | literal | ||