Synonyms of the word 
METAPHORICAL → FIGURATIVE - METAPHORIC - NONLITERAL
metaphorical
- adj. Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.
figurative
- adj. Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the…
- adj. Metaphorically so called.
- adj. With many figures of speech.
- adj. Emblematic; representative.
metaphoric
- adj. Like a metaphor.
nonliteral
- adj. Not literal.
- n. (programming, logic) That which is not a literal.
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