Synonyms of wordless

wordless

adjective

ˈwərd-ləs 

1

as in silent

deliberately refraining from speech

he stood wordless before his accusers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silent
• speechless
• mute
• muted
• mum
• inarticulate
• dumb
• uncommunicative
• voiceless
• nonvocal
• dumbstruck
• tongue-tied
• sulky
• sullen
• sulking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speaking
• communicative
• eloquent
• articulate
• talking
• vocal
• fluent
• voluble
• talkative
• talky
• loquacious
• well-spoken
• garrulous
• outspoken
• unreserved
• glib
• gabby
• facile
• silver-tongued
• smooth-tongued

2

as in unspoken

understood although not put into words

a wordless fondness for each other

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unspoken
• implied
• tacit
• implicit
• unvoiced
• unexpressed
• interpreted
• inferred
• unsaid
• presumed
• untold
• hinted
• intimated
• unannounced
• construed
• undeclared
• suggested
• insinuated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explicit
• express
• evident
• obvious
• apparent
• plain
• manifest
• stated
• spoken
• straightforward
• voiced
• expressed
• unmistakable
• unambiguous
• unequivocal
• blatant

Examples of wordless in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her speech often trailed into wordless sputters, her mouth silently gaping like an unlucky fairground goldfish. —Christina Newland, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024

The largely wordless storytelling, of course, puts a limit on mature themes. —Adam Bumas, WIRED, 10 June 2024

The season’s first episode, an extended, mostly wordless interlude of flashbacks and intrusive thoughts afflicting Carmy in the weeks after his restaurant opens, manages to be strikingly ambitious while also comprehensible. —Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024

On the Friday before the experience opened to the public, a gaggle of children gathered in wordless thrall to witness a maintenance worker repairing an engine overhead. —Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024