voiceless
Etymology

From voice + -less.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈvɔɪsləs/
Adjective

voiceless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
    Synonyms: inaudible, silent, unvoiced
    Antonyms: audible, vocal, voiced
    • 1994, Loreena McKennitt, The Mystic's Dream:
      A voiceless song in an ageless light / Sings at the coming dawn / Birds in flight are calling there / Where the heart moves the stones / It's there that my heart is calling / All for the love of you.
  2. (figurative) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
  3. (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].
    Synonyms: unvoiced
    Antonyms: voiced
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