However, only the human community has verbal languages as a means of communication.
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Verbal
//ˈvɜː.bəl//
Synonyms for "verbal" (160 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
responsiverightfulsaidsemanticsemantologicalsemasiologicalsememicsemioticsimon puresimon-puresimplesinceresoundedspeechsterlingstructuralsubstantivesure enoughsure-enoughsymbolic
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Noun(1 words)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesdbpedia occupation
3 entriesderived
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
has context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
similar
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
168 translations across 42 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- foljor adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
Arabic
3 entries- شَفَهِيّ adj (of, or relating to words)
- كَلَامِيّ adj (of, or relating to words)
- لَفْظِيّ adj (of, or relating to words)
Belarusian
3 entries- вэрба́льны adj (of, or relating to words)
- вярба́льны adj (of, or relating to words)
- сло́ўны adj (of, or relating to words)
Bulgarian
4 entries- верба́лен adj (of, or relating to words)
- експлицитен adj (expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied)
- отглаголен adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- сло́вен adj (of, or relating to words)
Catalan
4 entries- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbal adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbal adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- verbal adj (used to form a verb)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 詞的 /词的 adj (of, or relating to words)
Cornish
1 entries- geryel adj (of, or relating to words)
Czech
3 entries- slovesný adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- slovní adj (of, or relating to words)
- ústní adj (spoken and not written; oral)
Danish
3 entries- mundtlig adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbal adj (consisting of words only)
Dutch
4 entries- letterlijk adj (expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied)
- mondeling adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbaal adj (of, or relating to words)
- werkwoordelijk adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
Esperanto
3 entries- parola adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verba adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- vorta adj (of, or relating to words)
Finnish
4 entries- sana adj (of, or relating to words)
- sana adj (concerned with the words)
- sanallinen adj (of, or relating to words)
- sanallinen adj (concerned with the words)
French
4 entries- oral adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbal adj (consisting of words only)
- verbal adj (spoken and not written; oral)
Galician
2 entries- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbal adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
Georgian
4 entries- ვერბალური adj (of, or relating to words)
- ვერბალური adj (concerned with the words)
- ვერბალური adj (consisting of words only)
- ზეპირი adj (of, or relating to words)
German
4 entries- mündlich adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbal adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbal adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
Greek
4 entries- λεκτικός adj (of, or relating to words)
- λεκτικός adj (concerned with the words)
- προφορικός adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- προφορικός adj (expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied)
Hindi
2 entries- शाब्दिक adj (of, or relating to words)
- शाब्दिक adj (concerned with the words)
Hungarian
4 entries- beszéd adj (of, or relating to words)
- deverbális adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- igei adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- kifejezett adj (expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied)
Irish
1 entries- briathartha adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
Italian
3 entries- verbale adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbale adj (consisting of words only)
- deverbale noun (grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals)
Macedonian
4 entries- глаголски adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- зборовен adj (of, or relating to words)
- зборовен adj (concerned with the words)
- изречен adj (expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied)
Mongolian
1 entries- үгийн adj (of, or relating to words)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- muntlig adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- munnleg adj (spoken and not written; oral)
Polish
4 entries- czasownikowy adj (used to form a verb)
- odczasownikowy adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- słowny adj (of, or relating to words)
- słowny adj (concerned with the words)
Portuguese
4 entries- oral adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbal adj (concerned with the words)
- verbal adj (consisting of words only)
Romanian
4 entries- oral adj (of, or relating to words)
- oral adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbal adj (spoken and not written; oral)
Romansch
2 entries- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbal adj (consisting of words only)
Russian
4 entries- верба́льный adj (of, or relating to words)
- верба́льный adj (concerned with the words)
- глаго́льный adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- глаго́льный adj (used to form a verb)
Sanskrit
2 entries- वाचिक adj (consisting of words only)
- वाचिक adj (spoken and not written; oral)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- glȁgolskī adj (of, or relating to words)
- glȁgolskī adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- гла̏голскӣ adj (of, or relating to words)
- гла̏голскӣ adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
Slovak
1 entries- slovný adj (of, or relating to words)
Slovene
1 entries- beseden adj (of, or relating to words)
Spanish
4 entries- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
- verbal adj (consisting of words only)
- verbal adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- verbal adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
Swedish
1 entries- verbal adj (of, or relating to words)
Tagalog
2 entries- makadiwa adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- malapandiwa noun (grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals)
Turkish
3 entries- sözlü adj (spoken and not written; oral)
- eylemsi noun (grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals)
- fiilimsi noun (grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals)
Ukrainian
3 entries- верба́льний adj (of, or relating to words)
- слове́сний adj (of, or relating to words)
- у́сний adj (spoken and not written; oral)
Volapük
2 entries- värbik adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
- vödik adj (of, or relating to words)
Welsh
1 entries- berfol adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
West-Frisian
1 entries- tiidwurdlik adj (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
I'm not afraid of anything after having verbal abuse heaped on me like that. In fact, I feel empowered by it.
Source: tatoeba (56099)
Emotion counts above vocabulary in verbal communication.
Source: tatoeba (239764)
Try to motivate kids with verbal praise.
Source: tatoeba (239768)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.