voicelessness

English Thesaurus

1. having no voice in the management or control of affairs (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	impotence, impotency, powerlessness,
definition	:	the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble (noun.attribute)

2. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	speaking, speech production,
definition	:	the utterance of intelligible speech (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	stage whisper,
definition	:	a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast (noun.communication)

3. a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice (noun.state)

hypernym	:	defect of speech, speech defect, speech disorder,
definition	:	a disorder of oral speech (noun.state)

4. having no voice in the management or control of affairs (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless, voteless,
definition	:	deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote (adj.all)

5. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords (noun.communication)

derivation	:	whisper,
definition	:	speak softly; in a low voice (verb.communication)

derivation	:	susurrate,
definition	:	issue soft noises (verb.communication)

derivation	:	hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless,
definition	:	produced without vibration of the vocal cords (adj.all)

6. a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice (noun.state)

derivation	:	aphonic, voiceless,
definition	:	being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech (adj.all)

7. having no voice in the management or control of affairs (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless, voteless,
definition	:	deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote (adj.all)

8. speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords (noun.communication)

derivation	:	whisper,
definition	:	speak softly; in a low voice (verb.communication)

derivation	:	susurrate,
definition	:	issue soft noises (verb.communication)

derivation	:	hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless,
definition	:	produced without vibration of the vocal cords (adj.all)

9. a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice (noun.state)

derivation	:	aphonic, voiceless,
definition	:	being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech (adj.all)