Usually means: Not adhering to literal interpretation.
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  2. nonliteral: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nonliteral: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. nonliteral: Wordnik
  6. nonliteral: Wiktionary
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  8. nonliteral: Rhymezone
  9. nonliteral: FreeDictionary.org
  10. nonliteral: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. nonliteral: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nonliteral)

▸ adjective:  Not literal.
▸ noun:  (programming, logic) That which is not a literal.

Similar:
extended, analogical, metaphoric, figurative, synecdochical, metonymical, poetic, tropical, unliteral, illiteral, more...

Opposite:
literal, concrete, exact, precise, actual

Types:
metaphor, simile, hyperbole, irony, sarcasm, more...

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Similar:
extended, analogical, metaphoric, figurative, synecdochical, metonymical, poetic, tropical, unliteral, illiteral, more...

Opposite:
literal, concrete, exact, precise, actual

Types:
metaphor, simile, hyperbole, irony, sarcasm, more...



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