metaphorical

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met‧a‧phor‧i‧cal/ˌmetəˈfɒrɪkəl◂ $ -ˈfɔː-, -ˈfɑː-/ adjective
1. a metaphorical use of a word is not concerned with real objects or physical events, but with ideas or events of a non-physical kind:
　 ▪ The word has a metaphorical as well as a literal meaning.

2. used to show that you are using a metaphor:
　 ▪ his need to escape from the metaphorical chains that held him

—metaphorically /-kli/ adverb:
　 ▪ She was, literally and metaphorically, in perfect shape.

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the figurative/metaphorical meaning (=different from its usual or basic meaning)
▪ The expression has a metaphorical meaning.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
sense
▪ The struggle for existence is a term best used in a large and metaphorical sense.
▪ In a metaphorical sense, different functions of the brain take place in different rooms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ During the time of torture, such artists as Vera Sienra worked in the language of metaphorical mutilation.
▪ From its beginnings, writing about California has been a deeply metaphorical enterprise, a continuing and contested act of the imagination.
▪ I wondered if Venturi were just careless or if he is making some metaphorical point.
▪ In single paragraphs of groups of sentences, Thoreau establishes metaphorical relationships between self and not self.
▪ It is suggested that certain structures, which may appear metaphorical, are best treated as cases of underlexicalisation.
▪ One could not hope to find a better medium for escape than a pair of metaphorical, spiritual wings.
▪ The literal and metaphorical juxtaposition of drama and game is what I want to explore here.
▪ Verbal echoes and ambiguities may trigger off metaphorical associations that are not necessarily conceptually justified.