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")

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