Non-verbal

Quick meaning: Non-verbal is an adjective meaning (of communication) In a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language.

Meaning

(of communication) In a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language.

More Meanings

1. (grammar, somewhat rare) Of or relating to a word that belongs to any part of speech other than that of verbs.
2. (pathology) Unable to speak.
3. A sound, gesture, etc. that is not a word.

Example Sentences

Negative prefix in Russian is a distinctive feature of nonverbal parts of speech, namesly, nouns (even those that do not denote situations, e.g. 3a), adjectives (3b), and adverbs (3c): […]

In the Moroccan dialect of Meknès, verbal negation is by means of the circumfix ma...-š, as in (15), while nonverbal negation is primarily by means of invariable ma-ši before the nonverbal predicate, as in (16).

Word Forms

• nonverbal
• non-verbals

Antonyms for non-verbal

Common opposites include verbal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nonverbal, non-gestural, nonverbalized, nonwritten, unverbalized, unverbalised.

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