Synonyms for metaphorical
metaphor·i·cal

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1. metaphorical

   Synonyms:
   figurative, symbolical, allegorical, typical

   Antonyms:
   literal

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1. metaphorical, metaphoricadjective

   expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

   "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language"

   Synonyms:
   metaphoric

   Antonyms:
   literal

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1. metaphoricaladjective

   Synonyms:
   figurative

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1. Dan Newman:

   Silicon Valley provides a literal and metaphorical wealth of support for candidates. It's a community of people focused on the future, and of course, to paraphrase (bank robber) Willie Sutton, it's where the donors live.

2. The President:

   Though we are keeping the metaphorical lights on, we are not the heroes that some make us out to be. The real' resistance' must come from American voters in 2020.

3. Saul Bass:

   My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it.

4. Luke Davies:

   All of the metaphorical stuff aside about the insanity of war, John Yossarian loses John Yossarian friends and this increases John Yossarian sense of anxiety, fear and bewilderment.

5. Ben Robinson:

   It's metaphorical storytelling that allows you a way of taking science and fantasy to look at your own society, he [ Roddenberry Sr. ] talked about race by having a Vulcan instead of a Black guy.