nonliteral (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *nonliteral*:
ADJECTIVE	all	nonliteral, figurative	(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal

English > *nonliteral*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech.
Synonym	figurative
Narrower	analogical	Expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy / analogy
	extended	Beyond the literal or primary sense
	metaphorical, metaphoric	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
	tropical	Characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes
See also	rhetorical	Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
Opposite	literal	Limited to the explicit meaning / meaning of a word or text
Spanish	figurado, figurativo

HyperDic: nonliteral