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wordless

adjective

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

dumbstruck

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

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