'Speechless' definitions:
Definition of 'speechless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" [syn: speechless, dumb]
Definition of 'Speechless'
From: GCIDE
- Speechless \Speech"less\, a.
- 1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. [1913 Webster]
- Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. --Addison. [1913 Webster] -- {Speech"less*ly}, adv. -- {Speech"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'speechless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anaudic,
- aphasic,
- aphonic,
- breathless,
- brief,
- brusque,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- concise,
- curt,
- dazed,
- dumb,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstricken,
- dumbstruck,
- economical of words,
- inarticulate,
- indisposed to talk,
- laconic,
- mum,
- mute,
- nonplussed,
- quiet,
- reserved,
- shocked,
- short,
- silent,
- snug,
- sparing of words,
- stricken dumb,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- thunderstruck,
- tight-lipped,
- tongue-tied,
- tongueless,
- uncommunicative,
- unloquacious,
- untalkative,
- voiceless,
- word-bound,
- wordless