Synonyms of inarticulate

inarticulate

adjective

ˌi-(ˌ)när-ˈti-kyə-lət 

as in mute

unable to speak

the sudden rumblings of an earthquake rendered people inarticulate with fear

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mute
• speechless
• voiceless
• silent
• incoherent
• incomprehensible
• tongue-tied
• taciturn
• laconic
• uncommunicative
• reserved
• closemouthed
• nonspeaking
• wordless
• reticent
• mum
• tight-lipped
• quiet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• vocal
• communicative
• talkative
• expansive
• loquacious
• garrulous
• chatty
• talky
• speaking
• blabby
• gabby
• articulate
• eloquent
• talking
• voluble
• fluent
• speaking out
• expatiating
• articulating
• speaking up

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of inarticulate

The pod-person version of Sam is particularly unsettling — a swaying, inarticulate mass of flesh whose only purposes are to kill and to die — and that level of grotesquerie is hard to shake. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 May 2024

The Zen movies that don’t announce themselves as such — and sometimes don’t even intend themselves as such — can often be blockbusters, resonating across a mass audience that senses the dharma at a deep and inarticulate level. —Ty Burr, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024

There’s beauty in the inanimate objects’ inarticulate longing. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2024

Domingo locates an inarticulate longing beneath Mister’s brokenness that makes his eventual atonement both credible and moving. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023