verbal

1 of or relating to words or language <the child didn't yet have the verbal skills needed to tell the doctor about the pain he was experiencing> Synonyms lexical, linguistic (also linguistical), rhetorical (also rhetoric), vocabular, wordy Related Words communicative, conversational Antonyms nonlexical, nonlinguistic, nonverbal

2 made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing <a verbal agreement carries less force than a written contract> 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