Synonyms and Antonyms of literal (lĭtər-əl)

written true strict verbatim verbal natural ordinary real not metaphorical usual apparent not figurative not allegorical following the exact words unerring veracious scrupulous veritable accurate critical authentic undeviating; to the letter methodical actual categorical exact explicitly factual obvious pedantic precise prosaic textual unimaginative virtually word-for-word exactitude literality prosaism genuine misprint erratum typographical-error typo literal error literatim (Latin) literally

free exaggerated interpretive figurative loose metaphorical imaginative

same singular canonical negation symbolic literal meaning meaning scriptural

literal ₇ tallier ₇

retail ₆ retial ₆ rillet ₆ tailer ₆ taille ₆ taller ₆ telial ₆ tiller ₆

alert ₅ alter ₅ ariel ₅ artel ₅ ileal ₅ iller ₅ irate ₅ later ₅ liter ₅ litre ₅ ratel ₅ relit ₅ retia ₅ rille ₅ taler ₅ telia ₅ terai ₅ tiler ₅ trail ₅ trial ₅ trill ₅

airt ₄ alit ₄ aril ₄ earl ₄ ilea ₄ lair ₄ lari ₄ late ₄ lati ₄ leal ₄ lear ₄ liar ₄ lier ₄ lilt ₄ lira ₄ lire ₄ lite ₄ rail ₄ rale ₄ rate ₄ real ₄ rial ₄ riel ₄ rile ₄ rill ₄ rite ₄ tael ₄ tail ₄ tale ₄ tali ₄ tall ₄ tare ₄ teal ₄ tear ₄ tela ₄ tell ₄ tier ₄ tile ₄ till ₄ tire ₄ tirl ₄

ail ₃ air ₃ ait ₃ ale ₃ all ₃ alt ₃ are ₃ art ₃ ate ₃ ear ₃ eat ₃ ell ₃ era ₃ eta ₃ ill ₃ ire ₃ lar ₃ lat ₃ lea ₃ lei ₃ let ₃ lie ₃ lit ₃ rai ₃ rat ₃ rei ₃ ret ₃ ria ₃ tae ₃ tar ₃ tea ₃ tel ₃ tie ₃ til ₃

ae ₂ ai ₂ al ₂ ar ₂ at ₂ el ₂ er ₂ et ₂ it ₂ la ₂ li ₂ re ₂ ta ₂ te ₂ ti ₂