Synonyms of literary

literary

adjective

as in learned

suggestive of the vocabulary used in books

the novel's dialogue is a little too literary in flavor to be entirely convincing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• learned
• intellectual
• academic
• academical
• bookish
• scholastic
• erudite
• educated
• formal
• schooled
• belletristic
• highbrow
• donnish
• pedantic
• eloquent
• elevated
• stately
• inkhorn
• belle-lettristic
• declamatory
• majestic
• bombastic
• hifalutin
• flowery
• highbrowed
• grandiloquent
• pompous
• towering
• florid
• high-flown
• lofty
• stilted
• highfalutin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonliterary
• colloquial
• conversational
• informal
• familiar
• chatty
• unbookish
• slangy
• illiterate