verbal

Meanings

Plural: verbals

Adjective Satellite

communicated in the form of words
- "verbal imagery"
- "a verbal protest"
expressed in spoken words
- "a verbal contract"
prolix; - Shakespeare
- "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"

Adjective

of or relating to or formed from words in general
- "verbal ability"
of or relating to or formed from a verb
- "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"
relating to or having facility in the use of words
- "a good poet is a verbal artist"
- "a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound"
- "verbal aptitude"

Adj

Of or relating to words.
Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
Consisting of words only.
Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
Used to form a verb.
Capable of speech.
Word for word.
Abounding with words; verbose.

Noun

A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
A spoken confession given to police.
Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.

Verb

To allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.

Synonyms

lectic, literal, non-finite verb, rhematic, verbatim, wordish

Antonyms

implied, non-verbal, numerical, preverbal, substantive, unsaid

Scrabble Score: 11

verbal is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
verbal is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
verbal is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

verbal is a valid Words With Friends word