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Showing words for LITERAL using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Literal

literal, tallier

6 Letter Words for Literal

aliter, lirate, retail, retial, retill, rillet, tailer, taille, taller, telial, tellar, tiller

5 Letter Words for Literal

aillt, alert, aliet, alite, aller, alter, ariel, arite, artel, ileal, iller, irate, laeti, later, liart, liter, litra, raile, ratel, retal, retia, rille, taler, talli, tarie, telar, telia, terai, tiler, trail, trial, trill

4 Letter Words for Literal

aiel, aile, aire, airt, aret, aril, arle, arte, atle, atli, earl, eila, eira, elli, eral, erat, eria, iare, ilea, ital, itel, iter, itll, laer, laet, lair, lait, lare, lari, late, lati, leal, lear, leat, leir, liar, lier, lila, lile, lilt, lira, lire, lite, ller, rail, rait, rale, rall, rate, real, reit, rial, riel, rile, rill, rita, rite, tael, tail, tale, tali, tall, tare, tari, teal, tear, teil, tela, teli, tell, tera, tiar, tier, tile, till, tire, tirl, trie

3 Letter Words for Literal

aer, ail, air, ait, ale, all, alt, are, art, ate, ear, eat, eir, ela, eli, ell, elt, era, ert, eta, ile, ill, ira, ire, ita, lai, lar, lat, lea, lei, ler, let, lie, lir, lit, ltr, rai, rat, rea, rei, rel, ria, rie, rit, rle, rte, rti, tai, tal, tar, tea, tel, ter, tie, til, tlr, tra, tri

Definitions for Literal

[1] in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
[2] following the words of the original very closely and exactly: a literal translation of Goethe.
[3] true to fact; not exaggerated; actual or factual: a literal description of conditions.
[4] being actually such, without exaggeration or inaccuracy: the literal extermination of a city.
[5] (of persons) tending to construe words in the strict sense or in an unimaginative way; matter-of-fact; prosaic.
[6] of or relating to the letters of the alphabet.
[7] of the nature of letters.
[8] expressed by letters.
[9] affecting a letter or letters: a literal error.
[10] a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
[11] in exact accordance with or limited to the primary or explicit meaning of a word or text
[12] word for word
[13] dull, factual, or prosaic
[14] consisting of, concerning, or indicated by letters
[15] true; actual
[16] maths containing or using coefficients and constants represented by letters: ax² + b is a literal expression Compare numerical (def. 3a)
[17] Also called: literal error a misprint or misspelling in a text

Words related to Literal

accurate, actual, unvarnished, authentic, true, natural, faithful, simple, plain, close, gospel, ordinary, apparent, critical, genuine, methodical, scrupulous, strict, unerring, usual

Words nearby Literal

liter, literacy, literacy hour, literacy test, literae humaniores, literal, literal-minded, literalism, literality, literalize, literally

Origin of Literal

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin litterālis “of letters.” See letter1, -al1

Words that may be confused with Literal

literal, littoral

Other words from Literal

lit·er·al·ness , noun
non·lit·er·al , adjective
non·lit·er·al·ly , adverb
non·lit·er·al·ness , noun
o·ver·lit·er·al , adjective
un·lit·er·al , adjective
un·lit·er·al·ly , adverb

Word origin for Literal

C14: from Late Latin litterālis concerning letters, from Latin littera letter

Synonyms for Literal

accurate, actual, authentic, true, unvarnished, close, faithful, gospel, natural, ordinary, plain, simple, apparent, bona fide, critical, genuine, methodical, not figurative, scrupulous, strict, to the letter, undeviating, unerring, unexaggerated, usual, veracious, verbal, verbatim, veritable, written