Literal language

Synonyms for "literal language" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
direct languageexact languageexact wording

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
fact-based languageliteral interpretationliteral wording

Related words (6)

Adjective(6 words)
plain languagetruth-based languageverbatim languageverbatim textverbatim wordingword-for-word text

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries
communication stylelinguistic formlinguistic interpretationlinguistic stylewritten content

More specific

13 entries
direct speechexact wordingfact-based statementplain languageprecise languageprecise wordingtruth-based claimtruth-conditional sentenceunambiguous languageverbatim languageverbatim passageverbatim quotationword-for-word quotation

Collocations

9 entries
direct languageexact wordingliteral language useliteral meaningliteral wordingplain languageprecise languageunambiguous languageverbatim text

Inflections

3 entries
literal languagesmore literal languagemost literal language

Derivations

7 entries