Entry Word: verbal

Function: adjective

Meaning: 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

Related Words communicative, conversational

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

Synonyms oral, spoken, unwritten

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

Near Antonyms explicit, formal

Antonyms written