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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talking |
| Synonyms: | oral, verbal, vocal |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Example sentences
Excellent writing and verbal communication skills, acute attention to detail, and the ability to work independently are required.
Browsing in their latest verbal treasurehouse is not only a welcome escape.
Dozens of people are convicted each year, though hearsay is often used as evidence and accusers invent verbal transgressions.
Topics such as non-verbal communication, structuring interaction, and power were addressed.
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