voiceless
- having no voice; mute.
- uttering no words; silent.
- having an unmusical voice.
- unspoken; unuttered: voiceless sympathy.
- having no vote or right of choice.
- Phonetics. (of a speech sound)
- without voice; unvoiced; surd; aphonic (contrasted with voiced): “p,” “f,” and “s” are voiceless.
- uttered without phonation.
Origin of voiceless
Related Words for voiceless
surd, dumb, inarticulate, mute, speechless, wordless, mum, silent, aphonicExamples from the Web for voiceless
Contemporary Examples of voiceless
They were gathered there, Black said, to be a "voice for the voiceless."
He wanted to give a voice to the voiceless, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
Obama Administration and Sotloff Family Battle Over Blame for Journalist’s KidnappingJosh Rogin
September 22, 2014
And overwhelmingly, the communities who suffer the most are those who are the most vulnerable and voiceless.
Human-rights movements have traditionally existed to help the voiceless and those without agency gain progressively more rights.
Is giving voice to the voiceless worth less than other work?
Historical Examples of voiceless
The suddenness of it all held Mary voiceless for long seconds.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
I was alone in this voiceless temple of so many wonderful sounds.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
He again gave his boy that sidelong look and laughed his voiceless laugh.
The DownfallEmile Zola
Razumov ran forward unsteadily, with parted, voiceless lips.
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad
She was the tender and voiceless siren of this appalling navigator.
FalkJoseph Conrad
voiceless
- without a voice; mute
- not articulatedvoiceless misery
- lacking a musical voice
- silent
- without the power or right to express an opinion
- phonetics articulated without accompanying vibration of the vocal cordsin English (p) is a voiceless consonant