nonvocal

adjective

Definition of nonvocalnext
as in voiceless

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Recent Examples of nonvocal In 2020 scientists compared phylogenies of around 1,800 vocal and nonvocal species and estimated that acoustic communication arose roughly 100 million to 200 million years ago in association with nocturnal activity. — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2022 In recent years, scientists have tested various species and found evidence that nonvocal learners such as sea lions and bonobos have rhythm too. — Quanta Magazine, 22 Mar. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonvocal
  1. voiceless
  2. inarticulate
Adjective
  • Tribal people are not voiceless historical subjects to study but active collaborators helping to understand and protect the past.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • The focus of academics swung to class, race, and gender, to giving voice to the voiceless and documenting injustices.
    — Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Definition of voiceless
Adjective
  • Just as between them William James and Michael Oakeshott told us that there is no such thing as unmediated experience, so, surely, there is no such thing as inarticulate thought.
    — Richard Lansdown, The New York Review of Books, 25 June 2026
  • Simpson, butched up and closed off and vibrating with inarticulate pain, is superb in the part, and Jimenez’s rigid shoulders and frozen face are wrenching.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026
Definition of inarticulate

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“Nonvocal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonvocal. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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