aphonic

1. 1.

   being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

   Synonymsvoiceless

   Similarinarticulate

Questions about aphonic

What does aphonic mean?

aphonic means "being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech".

How many syllables are in aphonic?

aphonic has 3 syllables: a-pho-nic. The stress falls on "pho".

What is another word for aphonic?

Close synonyms include voiceless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aphonic a common word?

aphonic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.