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literal

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of literal

restricted to or based on fact

a literal account of the explorer's adventures is actually a lot less interesting than his own exaggerated stories

Synonyms of literal

documentary, factual, hard, historical, matter-of-fact, nonfictional, objective, true

Words Related to literal

actual, authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, right

documented, established

confirmable, reliable, supportable, sustainable, verifiable

demonstrable, provable

incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionable

certain, undoubted

Near Antonyms of literal

hypothetical, speculative, theoretical (also theoretic)

apocryphal, unauthentic, undocumented

chimerical (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), imaginary, imagined, invented, legendary, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), pretend

embroidered, exaggerated

insupportable, unsupportable

Antonyms of literal

fictional, fictionalized, fictitious, nondocumentary, nonfactual, nonhistorical, unhistorical

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