Word
nonliteral, adj.
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
<adj.all>
freq. cnt.: 3
freq. cnt.: 3
figurative
nonliteral
sample sentences
"figurative language"
lexical pointers
antonym
literal
semantic pointers
also see
rhetorical
similar to
analogical
extended
metaphorical, metaphoric
metonymic, metonymical
poetic
synecdochic, synecdochical
tropical