inarticulate

1. 1.

   without or deprived of the use of speech or words

   “inarticulate beasts”

   “remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal”

   “inarticulate with rage”

   “an inarticulate cry”

   Synonymsunarticulate

   Antonymsarticulate

   Similaraphasicaphonicdumbincoherentmutespeechlessunarticulated

Questions about inarticulate

What does inarticulate mean?

inarticulate means "without or deprived of the use of speech or words".

How many syllables are in inarticulate?

inarticulate has 5 syllables: in-ar-tic-u-late. The stress falls on "tic". In IPA it is /ˌɪnɑɹˈtɪkjələt/.

What is another word for inarticulate?

Close synonyms include unarticulate. 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.

What is the opposite of inarticulate?

The recorded antonyms are articulate.

Is inarticulate a common word?

inarticulate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with inarticulate?

1 word rhymes with inarticulate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.