Related Words for literal

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WordSyllablesCategories
explicit
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
exact
x/
Adjective, Adjective
actual
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
true
/
Adjective, Adjective
real
/
Adjective, Adjective
genuine
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
typo
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
erratum
x/x
Verb, Noun
plain
/
Noun, Adjective
pure and simple
///x
Phrase, Adjective
typographical error
xx/xx/x
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
figurative
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
metaphorical
xx/xx
Adjective
symbolic
x/x
Adjective
allegorical
xx/xx
Adjective
symbolical
x/xx
Adjective
poetic
x/x
Adjective
biblical
/xx
Noun
textual
/xx
Adjective
metaphysical
xx/xx
Adjective
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
allusion
x/x
Noun
colloquial
x/xx
Noun
mythological
xx/xx
Adjective
euphemistic
xx/x
Adjective
allegory
/xxx
Noun
apocalyptic
xxx/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective
spiritual
/xxx
Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
mystical
/xx
Adjective
conceptual
x/xx
Adjective
semantic
x/x
Adjective
cosmic
/x
Adjective
existential
xx/x
Adjective
logical
/xx
Adjective
prophetic
x/x
Adjective
physical
/xx
Adjective
scriptural
/xx
Adjective
proverbial
x/xx
Adjective
meaning
/x
Noun
poetical
x/xx
Name
semantical
x/xx
Adjective
cinematic
xx/x
Adjective
idiom
/xx
Noun
negation
x/x
Noun
literary
/xxx
Noun
mythical
/xx
Adjective
referential
xx/x
Adjective
rhetorical
x/xx
Adjective
analogical
xx/xx
Adjective
indexical
/xxx
Adjective
bloody
/x
Adjective
paradigmatic
/xx/x
Adjective
imaginary
x/xxx
Adjective
comedic
x/x
Adjective
mere
/
Adjective
lyrical
/xx
Adjective
philosophical
xx/xx
Noun
mythic
/x
Adjective
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
earthly
/x
Adjective
personification
xxxx/x
Noun
partial
/x
Adjective
syntactical
//xx
Adjective
corporeal
/xx
Adjective
singular
/xx
Adjective
demonic
x/x
Adjective
linguistic
x/x
Adjective
ideological
xxx/xx
Adjective
visual
/xx
Adjective
semiotic
xx/x
Noun
equivalent
x/xx
Noun
virtual
/xx
Adjective
verbal
/x
Adjective
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
archetypal
//x
Noun
symbolism
/xxx
Noun
surrealistic
xx/x
Adjective
celestial
x/x
Noun
nonsensical
x/xx
Adjective
hypothetical
xx/xx
Adjective
connotative
xx/x
Adjective
theological
xx/xx
Noun
stylistic
x/x
Adjective
absolute
/xx
Adjective
lexical
/xx
Adjective
hallucinatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
fantastical
x/xx
Adjective
verbatim
x/x
Adjective
express
x/
Noun
deictic
/xx
Adjective
synonymous
x/xx
Adjective
declarative
x/xx
Adjective
proper
/x
Adjective
terse
/
Noun
pure
/
Adjective
monolingual
xx/x
Adjective
univocal
xx/x
Adjective
literate
/xx
Adjective
sentential
x/x
Adjective
grammatical
x/xx
Adjective
solid
/x
Adjective
objective
x/x
Noun
regular
/xx
Adjective
primitive
/xx
Adjective
parol
xx
Noun
final
/x
Adjective
spoken
/x
Verb
attested
x/x
Verb
present
/x
Noun
nominal
/xx
Adjective
conjugate
xx/
Noun
abstract
x/
Name
performative
x/xx
Adjective
general
/xx
Noun
rendering
/xx
Noun
inerrancy
x/xx
Noun
translation
x/x
Noun
alexia
x/xx
Noun
homelessness
/xx
Noun
infringement
x/x
Noun
paraphrases
/x/x
Noun
transcriptions
x/x
Noun
falsity
/xx
Noun
rendition
x/x
Noun
transcends
x/
Verb
babylon
/xx
Name
truthfulness
/xx
Noun
fulfilment
x/x
Noun
minded
/x
Verb
historicity
x/xxx
Noun
veracity
x/xx
Noun
construal
xxx
Noun
signification
/xx/x
Noun
resurrection
xx/x
Noun
sense
/
Noun
truth
/
Noun
exegesis
x/xx
Noun
wording
/x
Noun
comprehension
xx/x
Noun
transcript
/x
Noun
adherence
x/x
Noun
artisanal
/xx/
Adjective
binary
/xx
Noun, Adjective
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bound
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
characters
/xx
Noun
chemically
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
confined
x/
Adjective
decimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
divisor
x/x
Noun
documentary
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
eigenvalue
/xxx
Noun
enslaved
x/
Noun
hampered
/x
Adjective
identifier
x/xxx
Noun
imprecise
/xx
Adjective
inaccurate
x/xx
Adjective
inexact
xx/
Adjective
instantiation
xxx/x
Noun
integer
/xx
Noun
multiple
/xx
Adjective, Noun
nuanced
/x
Adjective
obstructed
x/x
Adjective
occupied
/xx
Adjective
operand
/xx
Noun
outright
//
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
pejorative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
section
/x
Noun, Verb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
strict
/
Adjective
string
/
Noun, Verb
subparagraph
x/xx
Noun, Verb
subscript
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tendentious
x/x
Adjective
token
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
typographical
xx/xx
Adjective
unproblematic
xxx/x
Adjective
vocal
/x
Adjective, Noun
vocational
x/xx
Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun