NONLINGUISTIC Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

nonlinguistic

adjective

Definition of nonlinguistic

as in nonverbal

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The married couple arrested this week in connection with the death of their 5-year-old nonverbal daughter appeared in court Thursday and agreed to be extradited to South Carolina.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
It’s gotten there by largely avoiding the trap of remaking the original story, in which an astronaut (Heston) crash-lands on a mysterious world in which apes are the dominant species and humans are subjugated, nonverbal creatures.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

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