Synonyms for nonvocal
- hushed
- imperceptible
- muffled
- unhearable
- closemouthed
- faint
- low
- mum
- mumbled
- mute
- muted
- noiseless
- not talkative
- quiet
- soundless
- still
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- voiceless
- wordless
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They're not really nontelepathic, any more than the Kierawelans, for example, are nonvocal.
WORD ORIGIN
late 14c., "spoken, oral," from Old French vocal, from Latin vocalis "sounding, sonorous, speaking," as a noun, "a vowel," from vox (genitive vocis) "voice" (see voice (n.)). In reference to music (as opposed to instrumental), first recorded 1580s; meaning "outspoken" first attested 1871. Vocal cords is from 1872; see cord.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR NONVOCAL
hushed
adjectivesilentinaudible
adjectivesilentmumer
adjectivesilentsilent
adjectivequiet; speechless- bashful
- buttoned up
- checked
- clammed up
- close
- closed up
- closemouthed
- curbed
- dumb
- dummied up
- faint
- hush
- hushed
- iced
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- inconversable
- indistinct
- inhibited
- laconic
- mousy
- mum
- mute
- muted
- noiseless
- nonvocal
- not talkative
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- shy
- silentious
- soundless
- still
- struck dumb
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- unheard
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
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