Synonyms for literal

Noun

1. misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal, error, mistake

usage: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

Adjective

1. actual, genuine, literal, real, true (vs. false)

usage: 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. literal, exact (vs. inexact)

usage: without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal translation of the scene before him"

3. literal (vs. figurative), denotative, explicit, exact, unrhetorical

usage: limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"

4. literal, plain, unembellished, unrhetorical (vs. rhetorical)

usage: lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style"

5. literal, pure and simple, plain (vs. fancy)

usage: of the clearest kind; usually used for emphasis; "it's the literal truth"; "a matter of investment, pure and simple"

6. literal, word-for-word, exact (vs. inexact)

usage: (of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original; "literal translation of the article"; "an awkward word-for-word translation"