Antonyms of adj tongueless

2 senses of tongueless

Sense 1
tongueless (vs. tongued) -- (lacking a tongue; "tongueless moccasins")

tongued (vs. tongueless) -- (provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination; "tongued shoes"; "tongued boards"; "toungued lightning"; "long-tongued")
        => tonguelike -- (resembling a tongue in form or function)

Sense 2
mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless -- (expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe)

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

Similarity of adj tongueless

2 senses of tongueless

Sense 1
tongueless (vs. tongued) -- (lacking a tongue; "tongueless moccasins")

Sense 2
mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless -- (expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe)
       => 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")

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