Antonyms for speechless
ˈspitʃ lɪsspeech·less

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1. speechless

   Dumb, mute, silent and speechless refer to fact or state; taciturn refers to habit and disposition. The talkative person may be stricken dumb with surprise or terror; the obstinate may remain mute; one may be silent through preoccupation of mind or of set purpose; but the taciturn person is averse to the utterance of thought or feeling and to communication with others, either from natural disposition or for the occasion. One who is silent does not speak at all; one who is taciturn speaks when compelled, but in a grudging way that repels further approach. Reserved suggests more of method and intention than taciturn, applying often to some special time or topic; one who is communicative regarding all else may be reserved about his business. Reserved is thus closely equivalent to uncommunicative, but is a somewhat stronger word, often suggesting pride or haughtiness, as when we say one is reserved toward inferiors. Compare PRIDE.

   Antonyms:
   communicative, free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, unreserved

   Synonyms:
   close, dumb, mute, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, uncommunicative

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. speechless, dumbadjective

   temporarily incapable of speaking

   "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"

   Antonyms:
   articulate

   Synonyms:
   mute, dull, obtuse, silent, dense, dim, dumb, slow

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1. speechlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   dumb, mute, aphasic, inarticulate

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. phonetic

   phonetic means having to do with sounds, and being speechless means you can't make any sounds, so they are opposites.

   trying to teach the speechless boy phonetics just confused him.

   Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

How to use speechless in a sentence?

1. Kat Bozeman:

   What do you say in these circumstances? You want to ask so many things, but then you know that's not what she needs. You're speechless.

2. Jacques Martin Barzun:

   If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.

3. Jean de La Bruyère:

   Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.

4. Todd Piro:

   It's an experience I'll never forget, i'm speechless, and that is rare.

5. William White:

   It's something I've never heard of or seen, all of a sudden here, like a ton of bricks. I'm sort of speechless.

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