NONLITERAL Antonyms

• presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible

• taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated

• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

• existing in act or fact

• being or existing at the present moment

• 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

• marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact

• (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements

• claim as due or just

• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

• not fake or counterfeit

• not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

• being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

• 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)

• sharply exact or accurate or delimited

• (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct

• 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

• expressing or given to expressing the truth

• conforming to truth