NONMETAPHORICAL 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

• precise; explicit and clearly defined

• known for certain

• 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)

• undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena

• serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

• the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

• emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation

• belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events

• involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

• relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics

• having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses

• according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter)

• characterized by energetic bodily activity

• impelled by physical force especially against resistance

• concerned with material things

• concerned with actual use or practice

• guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

• being actually such in almost every respect

• having or put to a practical purpose or use

• 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

• perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch

• (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value

• capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt

• capable of being treated as fact