figurative
fig-ur-a-tive
adjective
Using words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal one.
"Her description of the 'sea of troubles' was figurative."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: figural, representational, metonymical, poetic, metaphorical, analogical, nonliteral, synecdochic, extended, metaphoric, metonymic, tropical
Antonyms: literal