Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 33 compound words that contain verbal. The most common are listed below. Open verbal in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- verbal communicationOral communication; speech.
- verbal nounA noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.
- non-verbalIn a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language.
- verbal assaultOften used other than figuratively or idiomatically: an assault that is verbal.
- verbal diarrhealogorrhea
- verbal noteIn diplomacy, an unsigned memorandum calling attention to a neglected, though perhaps not urgent, matter.
- verbal adjectiveA verb or verb form used attributively.
- verbal diarrhoeaBritish standard spelling of verbal diarrhea.
- verbal overshadowingThe situation where considering something in verbal terms reduces one's visual or other memory of the thing.
- verbal participleA participle in Hungarian, similar in meaning to the past participle but expressing it with a past-tense definite-object verb form, which takes its argument as a subject in the nominative (like a finite verb), rather than with a phrase …
- verbal authorityRight or permission authorized verbally rather than in writing.
- verbal notesplural of verbal note: In diplomacy, an unsigned memorandum calling attention to a neglected, though perhaps not urgent, matter.
- verbal humiliationErotic humiliation performed through words.
- non-verbal leakA repetitive, patterned movement from the shoulders up, reflecting an unresolved perceived trauma and manifesting an old decision or strategy from the past.
- verbal substantiveverbal noun
- verbal constipationDifficulty in expressing in words what one wants to say, especially if one has much to say.
- verbal assaultsplural of verbal assault: Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: an assault that is verbal.
- verbal nounsplural of verbal noun: A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.
- verbal participlesplural of verbal participle: A participle in Hungarian, similar in meaning to the past participle but expressing it with a past-tense definite-object verb form, which takes its argument as a subject in the nominative (like a finite verb) …
- verbal substantivesplural of verbal substantive: verbal noun
- non-verbal leaksplural of non-verbal leak: A repetitive, patterned movement from the shoulders up, reflecting an unresolved perceived trauma and manifesting an old decision or strategy from the past.
Compound words 33
- verbalizeTo speak or to use words to express.
- antiverbalOpposing or avoiding the use of speech or words.
- verbalityThe state or characteristic of consisting of words; that which consists simply of verbiage.
- averbalNot verbal; without words and speech.
- biverbalOf or pertaining to two words
- coverbalAccompanying speech.
- cruciverbalismThe construction of crosswords.
- extraverbalOutside of speech; by other means than speaking.
- hyperverbalHighly verbal; tending to talk very much.
- intraverbalWithin a word.