Main entry: nonliteral, figurative
Definition: (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
Usage: figurative language
Antonyms: literal
Definition: limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
Antonyms: unextended
Definition: not extended or stretched out
Main entry: figural, figurative
Definition: consisting of or forming human or animal figures
Usage: a figural design; the figurative art of the humanistic tradition- Herbert Read
Antonyms: nonrepresentational
Definition: of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature