All american sign language synonyms

noun american sign language

• sign language — Also called sign. any of several visual-gestural systems of communication, especially employing manual gestures, as used among deaf people.
• nonverbal communication — gesture and facial expression
• sign — a token; indication.
• sign language — Also called sign. any of several visual-gestural systems of communication, especially employing manual gestures, as used among deaf people.
• ameslan — American sign language: a language in which meaning is conveyed by hand gestures and their position in relation to the upper part of the body
• dactylology — the method of using manual sign language, as in communicating with deaf people
• manual alphabet — a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling.
• asl — above sea level
• fingerspelling — the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.
• signing — a token; indication.