WordNet: figurative, nonliteral
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"
- also see rhetorical
- similar to analogical
- similar to extended
- similar to metaphoric, metaphorical
- similar to metonymic, metonymical
- similar to poetic
- similar to synecdochic, synecdochical
- similar to tropical
figurative
- (englanti) literal (antonym)
- (suomi) kuvaannollinen (synonyymi)
- (suomi) vertauskuvallinen (synonyymi)
nonliteral
- (suomi) vertauskuvallinen (synonyymi)