Home › Words › N › nonspeechnonspeechnonspeech means not speech.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nonspeech ranks #32,326 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom non- + speech.adjNot speech.e.g.“Perception of nonspeech sounds is important in the workplace...” — 2004, Robert A Dobie, Susan B Van Hemel, Hearing loss: determining eligibility for Social Security benefits:nounThat which is not speech, or not a speech.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).