verbal
verbal is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
- adjective. Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.
- adjective. Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.
- adjective. Abounding with words; verbose.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.
- noun. A noun derived from a verb.
- adjective. communicated in the form of words
"verbal imagery"
"a verbal protest"
- adjective. prolix- Shakespeare
"you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"
- adjective. 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"
- adjective. expressed in spoken words
"a verbal contract"
- adjective. of or relating to or formed from a verb
"verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"
- adjective. of or relating to or formed from words in general
"verbal ability"
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in verbal:
Common word forms
verbals, verbally, verbalise, verbality, verbalize
Words from these letters
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