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nonliteral

nonliteral adjective: not literal.

Adjective

nonliteral (not comparable)

  1. Not literal.

Noun

nonliteral (plural nonliterals)

  1. That which is not a literal.

Synonyms of nonliteral

Forms of nonliteral

pluralnonliterals

Origin of nonliteral

From non- + literal.

Words formed from nonliteral

Questions about nonliteral

What does nonliteral mean?
Nonliteral means not literal.
What part of speech is nonliteral?
Nonliteral can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonliteral in the dictionary

  1. nonlisteners
  2. nonlistening
  3. nonlister
  4. nonlisters
  5. nonlisting
  6. nonliteral
  7. nonliterally
  8. nonliterals
  9. nonliterary
  10. nonliterate
  11. nonliterates

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