nonverbal

1. 1.

   being other than verbal communication

   “the study of gestural communication”

   “art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression”

   Synonymsgestural

   Similarcommunicative
2. 2.

   lacking verbal skill

   “rural students often come from nonverbal backgrounds”

   Similarcommunicative
3. 3.

   involving little use of language

   “a nonverbal intelligence test”

   Similarcommunicative

Questions about nonverbal

What does nonverbal mean?

nonverbal means "being other than verbal communication". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nonverbal?

nonverbal has 3 syllables: non-ver-bal. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /nɑnˈvɝbəl/.

What is another word for nonverbal?

Close synonyms include gestural. 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 nonverbal a common word?

nonverbal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nonverbal?

1 word rhymes with nonverbal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.