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Synonyms for voiceless

  • adjective

Most common

silent mute inarticulate unvoiced surd breathed aphonic

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Mute — lacking a voice, without vocal sound

mute, unvoiced, silent, inarticulate, inaudible

2. Surd

hard, surd

3. Disenfranchised

disenfranchised, voteless

Other

breathed, aphonic

Antonyms

audible, voiced, vocal

All antonyms of voiceless →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.

  2. adj. 2

    Without a vote; having no input into a decision.

  3. adj. 3

    Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].

Related words

Word family
voicelessly voicelessness

Example sentences

  • silent As he didn't know what to say, he remained silent.
  • mute Mute people can communicate using sign language.
  • inarticulate He became inarticulate after just a couple of beers.
  • breathed I breathed the smell of the flowers in the garden.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
voicelesssteady
silentrising
muterising
inarticulatesteady
unvoicedsteady
surdfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hard1, mute1, surd
6 letters
silent2
7 letters
aphonic
8 letters
breathed1, unvoiced, voteless
9 letters
inaudible4
12 letters
inarticulate5
15 letters
disenfranchised4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silent2 = 2 syllables).