oral

oral

adjective

Definition of ORAL

1

expressed or communicated by voice <a baby's crying is usually interpreted as an oral expression of distress>

Synonyms oral, spoken, uttered, voiced

Related Words articulated, enunciated, pronounced, sonant; breathed, chirped, drawled, gasped, intoned, mouthed, mumbled, murmured, muttered, purred, shouted, spluttered, sputtered, squeaked, whispered

Near Antonyms inarticulate; mute, quiet, silent; unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced; surd, voiceless

Antonyms nonvocal

2

made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing <lawyers for the plaintiff will be presenting oral arguments before the Supreme Court next week>

Synonyms nuncupative, oral, spoken, unwritten, viva voce, word-of-mouth

Related Words consensual, implicit, informal; articulated, verbalized; given, pronounced, said, sounded, stated, told, voiced

Near Antonyms explicit, formal

Antonyms paper, written