words

“he has a gift for words”

“she put her thoughts into words”

Type of:: language, linguistic communication
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

“I listened to his words very closely”

Type of:: language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication
(language) communication by word of mouth

“they had words”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; affray, altercation, fracas
noisy quarrel; bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff
a quarrel about petty points; bust-up
a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship); batrachomyomachia
a silly altercation

Type of:: conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute
a disagreement or argument about something important

“he wrote both words and music”

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; aside
a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage; cue
an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech; monologue
a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor; soliloquy
a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections; throwaway
words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis; prompt, prompting
a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

Type of:: line
text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen

DEFINITIONS OF: words