Definition of verbal

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • verbal is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • verbal is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • verbal is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of verbal


  • communicated in the form of words (adjective)

    Examples

    1. verbal imagery
    2. a verbal protest
  • expressed in spoken words (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a verbal contract
  • prolix (adjective)

    Examples

    1. you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal
  • relating to or having facility in the use of words ()

    Examples

    1. a good poet is a verbal artist
    2. a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound
    3. verbal aptitude
  • of or relating to or formed from words in general ()

    Examples

    1. verbal ability
  • of or relating to or formed from a verb ()

    Examples

    1. verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'

See definition of verbal in Merriam Webster