14
spoken(adjective, speech, voiced, vocal, verbal)
13
oral(adjective, speech, verbal, spoken, understood)
11
traditional(adjective, state, quality, fashion, usual)
10
vocal(adjective, voiced, verbal, spoken, understood)
9
verbal(adjective, voiced, vocal, spoken, understood)
6
word-of-mouth(adjective, vocal, verbal, spoken, understood)
5
accepted(adjective, usual, conventional, customary, silent)
5
customary(adjective, understood)
5
lingual(speech, vocal, verbal, spoken, uttered)
5
understood(silent, verbal, tacit, unspoken)
5
unexpressed(adjective, silent, tacit, unspoken, latency implication)
5
unsaid(adjective, silent, understood, tacit, unspoken)
4
ad-lib
4
conventional(adjective, understood)
4
nuncupative
4
spontaneous
4
tacit(adjective, silent, understood, unspoken, latency implication)
4
unpublished(adjective, latency implication)
4
unrecorded(adjective, obliteration, understood)
4
unspoken(adjective, silent, tacit)
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