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Definitions for Oral

[1] uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
[2] of, using, or transmitted by speech: oral methods of language teaching; oral traditions.
[3] of, relating to, or involving the mouth: the oral cavity.
[4] done, taken, or administered through the mouth: an oral dose of medicine.
[5] Phonetics . articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as the normal English vowels and the consonants b and v.
[6] Psychoanalysis . of or relating to the earliest phase of infantile psychosexual development, lasting from birth to one year of age or longer, during which pleasure is obtained from eating, sucking, and biting. of or relating to the sublimation of feelings experienced during the oral stage of childhood: oral anxiety. of or relating to gratification by stimulation of the lips or membranes of the mouth, as in sucking, eating, or talking
[7] Zoology . pertaining to that surface of polyps and marine animals that contains the mouth and tentacles.
[8] an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
[9] spoken or verbal an oral agreement
[10] relating to, affecting, or for use in the mouth an oral thermometer
[11] of or relating to the surface of an animal, such as a jellyfish, on which the mouth is situated
[12] denoting a drug to be taken by mouth an oral contraceptive Compare parenteral
[13] of, relating to, or using spoken words
[14] phonetics pronounced with the soft palate in a raised position completely closing the nasal cavity and allowing air to pass out only through the mouth
[15] psychoanal relating to a stage of psychosexual development during which the child's interest is concentrated on the mouth denoting personality traits, such as dependence, selfishness, and aggression, resulting from fixation at the oral stage Compare anal (def. 2), genital (def. 2), phallic (def. 2)
[16] an examination in which the questions and answers are spoken rather than written

Words related to Oral

sonant, vocal, lingual, articulate, phonetic, related, said, unwritten, uttered, verbal, voiced, ejaculatory, phonic, recounted, sounded, told

Words nearby Oral

oracles, oracular, oracy, orad, oradea, oral, oral biology, oral cavity, oral contraceptive, oral eroticism, oral herpes

Origin of Oral

1615–25; < Latin ōr- (stem of ōs ) mouth (cognate with Sanskrit āsya ) + -al1

Words that may be confused with Oral

oral, aural

Other words from Oral

o·ral·i·ty , noun
o·ral·ly , adverb
non·o·ral , adjective
non·o·ral·ly , adverb
post·o·ral , adjective
sub·o·ral , adjective
un·o·ral , adjective
un·o·ral·ly , adverb
o′ ral•ly adv.

Word origin for Oral

C17: from Late Latin orālis, from Latin ōs face

Synonyms for Oral

lingual, sonant, vocal, articulate, ejaculatory, narrated, phonated, phonetic, phonic, recounted, related, said, sounded, told, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, voiced, word-of-mouth