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)