Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fingerspelling

1 sense of fingerspelling

Sense 1
finger spelling, fingerspelling -- (an alphabet of manual signs)
       => sign language, signing -- (language expressed by visible hand gestures)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fingerspell

1 sense of fingerspell

Sense 1
fingerspell, finger-spell -- (communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language; "The Deaf often fingerspell")
       => communicate, intercommunicate -- (transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist")