tongueless

Lacking oral appendage

Tongueless means lacking a tongue, whether literally or figuratively.

A tongueless person cannot speak; by extension, tongueless describes someone or something silenced or unable to express itself: the tongueless masses, a tongueless bell.

The word appears mostly in literary contexts: He stood tongueless before his accusers.

mute

speechless

Unable to talk

voicelessHaving no voice
wordlessLacking spoken content
silentProducing no sound

inarticulate · nonverbal · unspeaking · aphonic · dumb · mutism · aphasia · dysphonia · laryngectomy · silenced

silenced

censored

Suppressed from publication

suppressedForcibly held down
oppressedTreated with cruel control
muzzledPrevented from speaking

gagged · stifled · repressed · voiceless · powerless · marginalized · unheard · disenfranchised · subjugated · squelched

anatomical

excised

Cut away surgically

severedCut off completely
clippedCut or trimmed briefly
removedTaken from position

amputated · surgical · oral · lingual · degloved · mutilated · maimed

expressionless

blank

Without marks or content

impassiveWithout visible emotion
inexpressiveLacking outward emotional display
unreadableCannot be deciphered

inscrutable · stoic · deadpan · vacant · emotionless · wooden · stony · poker-faced · unmoved · detached

Opposites

physical anatomy

tonguelesstongued

Used mouth's muscular organ

tonguelike

speech/eloquence

tonguelesseloquent

Fluent and persuasive

silver-tongued · articulate · vocal · voiced · well-spoken

Family

language, tongue, tongues, tongue-tied, linguist, bilingual, tongued, linguistic, multilingual

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG