Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tongue-tie

1 sense of tongue-tie

Sense 1
tongue-tie -- (deprive of speech; "When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied")
       => deprive -- (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)

Antonyms of adj tongue-tied

1 sense of tongue-tied

Sense 1
incoherent, tongue-tied -- (unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief")

INDIRECT (VIA inarticulate) -> articulate -- (expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings")

Similarity of adj tongue-tied

1 sense of tongue-tied

Sense 1
incoherent, tongue-tied -- (unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief")
       => inarticulate (vs. articulate), unarticulate -- (without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry")