| Main Entry: | verbal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoken |
Synonyms: |
exact, expressed, lexical, lingual, literal, oral, phrasal, rhetorical, said, stated, told, unwritten, verbatim, word-for-word, word-of-mouth |
| Notes: | oral applies only to the spoken word but verbal can describe both spoken and written; oral means 'by mouth' or 'by spoken word' and verbal means 'written or spoken word' - so an oral agreement is spoken but a verbal agreement can be spoken or written |
| Main Entry: | exact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accurate, precise |
Synonyms: |
bull's-eye, careful, clear, clear-cut, correct, dead on, definite, distinct, downright, explicit, express, faithful, faultless, identical, literal, methodical, nailed down, nice, on target, on the button, on the money, on the numbers, orderly, particular, perfect, right, right on, rigorous, sharp, specific, true, unequivocal, unerring, veracious, verbal, verbatim |
Antonyms: |
approximate, imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, indefinite, inexact |
| Main Entry: | literal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | word for word; exact, real |
Synonyms: |
accurate, actual, apparent, authentic, bona fide, close, critical, faithful, genuine, gospel, methodical, natural, not figurative, ordinary, plain, scrupulous, simple, strict, to the letter, true, undeviating, unerring, unexaggerated, unvarnished, usual, veracious, verbal, verbatim, veritable, written |
Antonyms: |
exaggerated, figurative, imaginative, loose |
| Main Entry: | oral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoken |
Synonyms: |
articulate, ejaculatory, lingual, narrated, phonated, phonetic, phonic, recounted, related, said, sonant, sounded, told, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocal, voiced, word-of-mouth |
| Notes: | oral applies only to the spoken word but verbal can describe both spoken and written; oral means 'by mouth' or 'by spoken word' and verbal means 'written or spoken word' - so an oral agreement is spoken but a verbal agreement can be spoken or written |
Antonyms: |
printed, written |
| Main Entry: | spoken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | by word of mouth |
Synonyms: |
announced, articulate, communicated, expressed, lingual, mentioned, oral, phonetic, phonic, put into words, said, sonant, told, traditional, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, voiced |
Antonyms: |
heard, written |
| Main Entry: | talkative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessively communicative |
Synonyms: |
articulate, big-mouthed, chattering, chatty, effusive, eloquent, fluent, full of hot air, gabby, garrulous, glib, gossipy, long-winded, loose-lipped, loquacious, loudmouthed, mouthy, multiloquent, prolix, rattling, slick*, smooth*, talky, verbal, verbose, vocal, voluble, windy, wordy |
Antonyms: |
quiet, reserved, silent, uncommunicative |
| Main Entry: | unwritten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understood |
Synonyms: |
accepted, conventional, customary, oral, spoken, tacit, traditional, unformulated, unrecorded, unsaid, verbal, vocal, word-of-mouth |
Antonyms: |
explained, explicated, stated, written |
| Main Entry: | vocal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoken |
Synonyms: |
articulate, articulated, choral, expressed, intonated, lyric, modulated, operatic, oral, phonetic, phonic, pronounced, put into words, said, singing, sonant, sung, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocalic, vocalized, voiced, vowel |
Antonyms: |
written |
| Main Entry: | voluble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
Synonyms: |
articulate, bigmouthed, chattering, chatty, fluent, full of hot air, gabby, garrulous, long-winded, loquacious, mouthy, multiloquent, prolix, rambling, running on, slick*, smooth*, talky, verbal, windy, wordy |
| Main Entry: | speaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talking |
Synonyms: |
oral, verbal, vocal |