LITERALIZE Antonyms

• existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

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

• dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

• consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

• make off with belongings of others

• consider apart from a particular case or instance

• give an abstract (of)

• make conventional or adapt to conventions

• represent according to a conventional style

• make plain and comprehensible

• define

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• make into fiction

• convert into the form or the style of a novel

• (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

• consisting of or forming human or animal figures

• clarify by giving an example of

• depict with an illustration

• supply with illustrations

• make sense of; assign a meaning to

• give an interpretation or explanation to

• give an interpretation or rendition of

• create an image or likeness of

• restate (words) from one language into another language

• make sense of a language

• expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

• rewording for the purpose of clarification

• express the same message in different words

• express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

• represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols

• give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense

• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

• purify from the corrupting influences of the world