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oral
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of ORAL
1
expressed or communicated by voice <a baby's crying is usually interpreted as an oral expression of distress>
Related Words articulated, enunciated, pronounced, sonant; breathed, chirped, drawled, gasped, intoned, mouthed, mumbled, murmured, muttered, purred, shouted, spluttered, sputtered, squeaked, whispered
Near Antonyms inarticulate; mute, quiet, silent; unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced; surd, voiceless
Antonyms nonvocal
2
made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing <lawyers for the plaintiff will be presenting oral arguments before the Supreme Court next week>
Related Words consensual, implicit, informal; articulated, verbalized; given, pronounced, said, sounded, stated, told, voiced
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