METAPHORICAL Antonyms

• capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary

• a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water

• formed by the coalescence of particles

• cover with cement

• form into a solid mass; coalesce

• direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

• straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

• moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

• similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

• (of a current) flowing in one direction only

• without deviation

• having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

• being an immediate result or consequence

• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements

• command with authority

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• guide the actors in (plays and films)

• govern or manage

• take somebody somewhere

• cause to go somewhere

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• lead, as in the performance of a composition

• give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• put an address on (an envelope)

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication

• in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

• of or relating to or characterized by facts

• existing in act or fact

• limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text

• a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

• without interpretation or embellishment

• avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory

• no less than what is stated; worthy of the name

• of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation

• having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary

• any rational or irrational number

• the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos

• an old small silver Spanish coin

• used to give emphasis

• not to be taken lightly

• capable of being treated as fact

• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

• (of property) fixed or immovable

• coinciding with reality

• (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

• relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species

• being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

• a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

• a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

• stated explicitly or in detail

• free from ambiguity

• without evasion or compromise

• without concealment or deception; honest

• pointed directly ahead