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Definition of Voiceless
1. Adjective. Produced without vibration of the vocal cords. "Unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
Exact synonyms: Hard, Surd, Unvoiced
Similar to: Whispered
Antonyms: Voiced
Derivative terms: Voicelessness
Similar to: Whispered
Antonyms: Voiced
Derivative terms: Voicelessness
2. Adjective. Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote. "Disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
Exact synonyms: Disenfranchised, Disfranchised, Voteless
Antonyms: Enfranchised
Derivative terms: Voicelessness
Antonyms: Enfranchised
Derivative terms: Voicelessness
3. Adjective. Uttered without voice. "Voiceless whispers"
4. Adjective. Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech.
Exact synonyms: Aphonic
Similar to: Inarticulate, Unarticulate
Derivative terms: Aphonia, Voicelessness
Similar to: Inarticulate, Unarticulate
Derivative terms: Aphonia, Voicelessness
Definition of Voiceless
1. a. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
2. a. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
Definition of Voiceless
1. Adjective. Lacking a voice, without vocal sound. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: phonetics of a consonant) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced. Examples: [t], [s], [f]. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Voiceless
1. [adj]