Antonyms of verb literalize

1 sense of literalize

Sense 1
literalize, literalise -- (make literal; "literalize metaphors")
       Antonym of spiritualize (Sense 1)
      => spiritualize, spiritualise -- (give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb literalize

1 sense of literalize

Sense 1
literalize, literalise -- (make literal; "literalize metaphors")
       => interpret, construe, see -- (make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?")