nonliteral

Synonyms:

figurative

analogical

expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy

extended

beyond the literal or primary sense

metaphoric, metaphorical

expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

metonymic, metonymical

using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated

poetic

characterized by romantic imagery

synecdochic, synecdochical

using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it

tropical

characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense

rhetorical

given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought

Antonyms:

literal

limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text

exact

marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact

denotative, explicit

in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

unrhetorical

not rhetorical

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