viva voce

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of VIVA VOCE

made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing <the students are required to write two papers and take a viva voce examination>

Synonyms nuncupative, oral, spoken, unwritten, viva voce, word-of-mouth

Related Words consensual, implicit, informal; articulated, verbalized; given, pronounced, said, sounded, stated, told, voiced

Near Antonyms explicit, formal

Antonyms paper, written

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