gestural

1. 1.

   used of the language of the deaf

   Synonymssignsignedsign-language

   Similarcommunicative
2. 2.

   being other than verbal communication

   “the study of gestural communication”

   “art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression”

   Synonymsnonverbal

   Similarcommunicative

Questions about gestural

What does gestural mean?

gestural means "used of the language of the deaf". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gestural?

gestural has 3 syllables: ge-stu-ral. The stress falls on "ge".

What is another word for gestural?

Close synonyms include sign, signed, sign-language, nonverbal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gestural a common word?

gestural is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.