Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun voicelessness

3 senses of voicelessness

Sense 1
aphonia, voicelessness -- (a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice)
       => speech disorder, speech defect, defect of speech -- (a disorder of oral speech)

Sense 2
whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness -- (speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords)
       => speaking, speech production -- (the utterance of intelligible speech)

Sense 3
voicelessness -- (having no voice in the management or control of affairs; "the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness")
       => powerlessness, impotence, impotency -- (the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble)

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