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literal
Overview of noun literal
The noun literal has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal -- (a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind)
Overview of adj literal
The adj literal has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) actual, genuine, literal, real -- (being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma")
2. (1) literal -- (without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him")
3. literal -- (limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation")
4. literal -- (avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun literal
1 sense of literal
Sense 1
misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal
=> error, mistake
=> misstatement
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun literal
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun literal
1 sense of literal
Sense 1
misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal
=> error, mistake
Antonyms of noun literal
Member Holonyms of noun literal
Substance Holonyms of noun literal
Part Holonyms of noun literal
Member Meronyms of noun literal
Substance Meronyms of noun literal
Part Meronyms of noun literal
Meronyms of noun literal
Holonyms of noun literal
Attributes of noun literal
Derived Forms of noun literal
Domain of noun literal
Domain Terms of noun literal
Familiarity of noun literal
literal used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun literal
1 sense of literal
Sense 1
misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal
> error, mistake
=> corrigendum
=> misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal
Meronyms of noun literal
1 sense of literal
Holonyms of noun literal
Grep of noun literal
literal
literal error
literal interpretation
literalism
literalness
Grep of verb literal
literalise
literalize
Antonyms of adj literal
4 senses of literal
Sense 1
actual, genuine, literal, real
INDIRECT (VIA true) -> false
Sense 2
literal
INDIRECT (VIA exact) -> inexact
Sense 3
literal (vs. figurative)
figurative (vs. literal), nonliteral
=> analogical
=> extended
=> metaphorical, metaphoric
=> metonymic, metonymical
=> poetic
=> synecdochic, synecdochical
=> tropical
Sense 4
literal
INDIRECT (VIA plain) -> fancy
Similarity of adj literal
4 senses of literal
Sense 1
actual, genuine, literal, real
=> true (vs. false)
Sense 2
literal
=> exact (vs. inexact)
Sense 3
literal (vs. figurative)
=> denotative, explicit
Also See> exact#1; unrhetorical#1
Sense 4
literal
=> plain (vs. fancy)
Pertainyms of adj literal
Attributes of adj literal
Domain of adj literal
Domain Terms of adj literal
Familiarity of adj literal
literal used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj literal
literal
nonliteral
Grep of adv literal
literally
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