Home › Words › S › speakerlessnessspeakerlessnessspeakerlessness means absence of a speaker.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, speakerlessness ranks #25,822 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom speakerless + -ness.nounAbsence of a speaker.e.g.“Instead of the speakerlessness of sentences with a third person SELF, what is espoused is the idea that in such sentences there is a blending of two points of view or 'voices,' […]” — 2014, Ann Banfield, Unspeakable Sentences:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.speakerless 78% match — Without a speaker (narrator). vs speakerlessness →audiencelessness 70% match — Absence of an audience. vs speakerlessness →unspeakingness 67% match — The quality of not speaking. vs speakerlessness →voicelessness 66% match — The condition of being voiceless. vs speakerlessness →presenceless 66% match — Without a presence. vs speakerlessness →nonspeaking 65% match — Not speaking. vs speakerlessness →unspeaking 64% match — Silent, not talking. vs speakerlessness →languagelessness 64% match — The state of being languageless; lack of language. vs speakerlessness →