Related Words for nonliteral

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WordSyllablesCategories
extended
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
analogical
xx/xx
Adjective, Adjective
metaphoric
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
figurative
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
poetic
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
tropical
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
literal
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
nonlinguistic
xx/x
Adjective
midrashic
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Adjective
metalinguistic
x/x/x
Adjective
allegorical
xx/xx
Adjective
linguistic
x/x
Adjective
textual
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Adjective
figural
x/x
Noun
nondimensional
/x/xx
Adjective
utterances
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Noun
meanings
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Noun
similarity
xx/xx
Noun
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
language
/x
Noun
expressions
x/x
Noun
speech
/
Noun
uses
/x
Noun
reading
/x
Noun
translation
x/x
Noun
usage
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Noun
discourse
/x
Noun
sense
/
Noun
statements
/x
Noun
fashion
/x
Noun
elements
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Noun
acts
/
Noun
solutions
x/x
Noun
aspects
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Noun
forms
/
Noun
way
/
Noun
allusive
x/x
Adjective
declarative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
euphemistic
xx/x
Adjective
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
performative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
symbolic
x/x
Adjective
symbolical
x/xx
Adjective
univocal
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
shirtless
/x
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
literally
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Adverb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb