verbal

verbal

adjective

Definition of 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