Body language

Synonyms for "body language" (50 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

Noun(2 words)
bodily actioncommunication signal
Adjective(1 words)
bodily signals

Strong matches (15)

deaf-and-dumb alphabetdumb showgesticulationgesturegesture language
Adjective(4 words)
expressive movementgestural behaviorgestural patternsgestural system
Noun(6 words)
gestural expressiongesturalitygesture languagegesture signalinggesture to modify seatinggesturing

Related words (25)

Noun(6 words)
kinesicsmotor cuenonlinguisticsnonverbal behaviornonverbal communicationnonverbal dialogue
Adjective(8 words)
nonlinguistic cuesnonverbal approachnonverbal modenonverbal mode of communicationnonverbal signalingnonverbal signalsuniversal languagevisual action

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries

More specific

5 entries
avoidance posturefacial expressionhand gestureopen stanceposture cue

Collocations

6 entries
body language analysisbody language cuebody language displaybody language signaldecode body languageread body language

Inflections

1 entries
body languages

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

38 translations across 26 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 肢體語言 /肢体语言 noun (non-verbal communication)
  • 身勢語 /身势语 noun (non-verbal communication)
  • 身體語言 /身体语言 noun (non-verbal communication)

Danish

1 entries
  • kropssprog noun (non-verbal communication)

Dutch

1 entries
  • lichaamstaal noun (non-verbal communication)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • korpesprimo noun (non-verbal communication)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kehakeel noun (non-verbal communication)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kehonkieli noun (non-verbal communication)

French

2 entries
  • langage corporel noun (non-verbal communication)
  • langage du corps noun (non-verbal communication)

German

1 entries
  • Körpersprache noun (non-verbal communication)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • testbeszéd noun (non-verbal communication)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • bahasa tubuh noun (non-verbal communication)

Italian

1 entries
  • linguaggio del corpo noun (non-verbal communication)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ボディーランゲージ noun (non-verbal communication)
  • 身体言語 noun (non-verbal communication)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • дене тілі noun (non-verbal communication)

Korean

2 entries
  • 몸짓 언어 noun (non-verbal communication)
  • 보디랭귀지 noun (non-verbal communication)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • гестикула́ција noun (non-verbal communication)
  • го́вор на те́лото noun (non-verbal communication)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kroppsspråk noun (non-verbal communication)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kroppsspråk noun (non-verbal communication)

Polish

1 entries
  • mowa ciala noun (non-verbal communication)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • linguagem corporal noun (non-verbal communication)

Romanian

1 entries
  • gesticulație noun (non-verbal communication)

Russian

3 entries
  • жестикуля́ция noun (non-verbal communication)
  • язы́к же́стов noun (non-verbal communication)
  • язы́к те́ла noun (non-verbal communication)

Spanish

4 entries
  • expresiones físicas noun (non-verbal communication)
  • kinésica noun (non-verbal communication)
  • movimientos noun (non-verbal communication)
  • quinésica noun (non-verbal communication)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kroppsspråk noun (non-verbal communication)

Thai

1 entries
  • ภาษากาย noun (non-verbal communication)

Turkish

2 entries
  • beden dili noun (non-verbal communication)
  • vücut dili noun (non-verbal communication)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ngôn ngữ cơ thể noun (non-verbal communication)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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The one question is whether Paul Pogba was taken off just before half-time to rest him or because of a problem. The midfielder’s body language suggested it was the former and he appeared on the pitch after the final whistle.

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There are, however, body languages that can transcend cultural lines.

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As with spoken languages, body languages are used by everyone to live out their lives, to communicate, and to accomplish things in the world — all of which can be done with more or less success with no awareness of the rule-structures that govern the use of body language or its connection with the culture, far less the metaphysics of self that is involved.

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2008, P. Brunelli - Uptodate Fashion Academy, 2.03: Body language & imagination, in Emotional Trend: Psyche > Creativity > Beauty to Fashion, In artistic terms, the synthesis between body languages and dressing languages is expressed in dances, since the rhythmic and creative movement of the body reveals emotions and culture.

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