oral

Meanings

Plural: orals

Noun

• an examination conducted by spoken communication
• A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
• A physical examination of the mouth.
• Ellipsis of oral sex.
• Ellipsis of oral steroid.

Adjective Satellite

• using speech rather than writing
  • "an oral tradition"
  • "an oral agreement"

Adjective

• of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth
  • "oral hygiene"
  • "an oral thermometer"
  • "an oral vaccine"
• of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located
  • "the oral cavity"
  • "the oral mucous membrane"
  • "the oral surface of a starfish"
• a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression

Adj

• Relating to the mouth.
• Done or taken by the mouth.
• Relating to the mouth.
• Pronounced by the voice resonating in the mouth, as the vowels in English.
• Relating to the mouth.
• Relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development during which libidinal gratification is derived from intake (as of food), by sucking, and later by biting.
• Relating to the mouth.
• Of, relating to, or characterized by personality traits of passive dependency and aggressiveness.
• Relating to the mouth.
• Spoken rather than written.
• Relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth.
• Spoken rather than written.
• Using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf.
• Spoken rather than written.
• Not having reached the stage of literacy.
• Spoken rather than written.

Synonyms

mouthly, oral exam, oral examination, spoken, unwritten, verbal, viva, viva voce

Antonyms

aboral, anal, written

Related Words

aural, oracy, orature

Anagrams of oral