wordless

1 deliberately refraining from speech he stood wordless before his accusers Synonyms dumb, mum, mute, muted, speechless, uncommunicative, silentRelated Words inarticulate, tongue-tied; nonvocal, voiceless; dumbstruck; sulking, sulky, sullenNear Antonyms articulate, eloquent, fluent, voluble, well-spoken; gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky; outspoken, unreserved, vocal; facile, glib, silver-tongued, smooth-tonguedAntonyms communicative, speaking, talking

2 understood although not put into words a wordless fondness for each other Synonyms implied, tacit, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced, implicitRelated Words inferred, presumed; construed, interpreted; unannounced, undeclared, unsaid, untold; hinted, insinuated, intimated, suggestedNear Antonyms apparent, blatant, evident, manifest, obvious, plain, straightforward; unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakableAntonyms explicit, express, expressed, spoken, stated, voiced