nonliteral

Questions about nonliteral

What does nonliteral mean?

nonliteral means "(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech".

How many syllables are in nonliteral?

nonliteral has 4 syllables: non-li-te-ral. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for nonliteral?

Close synonyms include figurative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nonliteral a common word?

nonliteral is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.