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Adjective: nonliteral
  1. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
    "nonliteral language";
    - figurative

See also: analogical, extended, metaphoric, metaphorical, metonymic, metonymical, poetic, rhetorical, synecdochic, synecdochical, tropical

Antonym: literal

Nearest

nonleaded
nonlegal
nonlethal
nonlexical
nonlexically
nonlinear
nonlinear correlation
nonlinear distortion
nonlinear system
nonlinguistic
nonliteral
nonliterary
nonliterate
nonliving
non-living
nonmagnetic
nonmalignant neoplasm
nonmalignant tumor
nonmalignant tumour
nonmandatory
non-market economy