literal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
Types & categories
- mistake hypernym
Related & opposite
- misprint derivation
Sense 2 adjective
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
her actual motive
Related & opposite
- literalness derivation
- genuineness derivation
- realness derivation
- reality derivation
- true similar to
Sense 3 adjective
without interpretation or embellishment
a literal depiction of the scene before him
Related & opposite
- literalness derivation
- exact similar to
Sense 4 adjective
limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
a literal translation
Related & opposite
- exact also see
- unrhetorical also see
- figurative antonym
- literalness derivation
- denotative similar to
Sense 5 adjective
avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
it's the literal truth
Related & opposite
- plain similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | misprint |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mistake |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | literalness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | genuineness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | realness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reality |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | true |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | literalness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | exact |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | exact |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | unrhetorical |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | figurative |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | literalness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | denotative |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | plain |