Nonliteral

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which is not a literal.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not literal. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
figurativefigurativefigurativeilliteral

Etymology

From non- + literal.

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