Antonyms of adj verbal
4 of 6 senses of verbal
Sense 1
verbal -- (communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest")
INDIRECT (VIA communicative) -> uncommunicative, incommunicative -- (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)
Sense 4
verbal (vs. numerical) -- (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"; "verbal aptitude")
numerical (vs. verbal), mathematical -- (relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; "tests for rating numerical aptitude"; "a mathematical whiz")
Sense 5
verbal -- (expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract")
INDIRECT (VIA spoken) -> written -- (set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence")
Sense 6
verbal -- (prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare)
INDIRECT (VIA prolix) -> concise -- (expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation")
Similarity of adj verbal
6 senses of verbal
Sense 1
verbal -- (communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest")
=> communicative (vs. uncommunicative), communicatory -- (able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray)
Sense 2
verbal -- (of or relating to or formed from words in general; "verbal ability")
Sense 3
verbal -- (of or relating to or formed from a verb; "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'")
Sense 4
verbal (vs. numerical) -- (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"; "verbal aptitude")
Sense 5
verbal -- (expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract")
=> spoken (vs. written) -- (uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken")
Sense 6
verbal -- (prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare)
=> prolix (vs. concise) -- (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know")