wordless | Definition of wordless

Synonyms and Antonyms of wordless

1 deliberately refraining from speech

he stood wordless before his accusers

Synonyms of wordless

dumb, mum, mute, muted, silent, speechless, uncommunicative

Words Related to wordless

inarticulate, tongue-tied

nonvocal, voiceless

sulking, sulky, sullen

Near Antonyms of wordless

articulate, eloquent, fluent, voluble, well-spoken

gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky

outspoken, unreserved, vocal

facile, glib, silver-tongued, smooth-tongued

Antonyms of wordless

communicative, speaking, talking

2 understood although not put into words

a wordless fondness for each other

Synonyms of wordless

implicit, implied, tacit, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced

Words Related to wordless

inferred, presumed

construed, interpreted

unannounced, undeclared, unsaid, untold

hinted, insinuated, intimated, suggested

Near Antonyms of wordless

apparent, blatant, evident, manifest, obvious, plain, straightforward

unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable

Antonyms of wordless

explicit, express, expressed, spoken, stated, voiced