LITERALS Antonyms

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• the act of withdrawing or removing something

• the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances

• an abstract painting

• preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

• a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

• 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)

• an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

• imagination unrestricted by reality

• fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

• something many people believe that is false

• indulge in fantasies

• a contrived or fantastic idea

• an idea or conclusion having general application

• the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability

• liable to or capable of change

• something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation

• a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

• a star that varies noticeably in brightness

• a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity

• marked by diversity or difference

• (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied

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

• consisting of or forming human or animal figures