Nonliteral
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Not
literal
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
Word Usage
"[PW Daily @ pw. com, April 14, 2008] How well does his "nonliteral" approach work?"
Equivalent
analogical
extended
metaphoric
metaphorical
metonymic
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
figurative