Standard Lemma guide

soundless

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊn(d)ləs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Without sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a soundless tableau

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: noiseless, silent

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not capable of being sounded or fathomed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the soundless deep
  • 1614, Christopher Brooke, The Ghost of Richard the Third, London: L. Lisle, “The Legend of Richard the Third,” Nor Wits, nor Chronicles could ere containe, The Hell-deepe Reaches, of my soundlesse Braine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bottomless, depthless, fathomless, unfathomable, unsoundable

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

marked by absence of sound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a silent house
  • soundless footsteps on the grass
  • the night was still

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: silent, still

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English sound Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English soundless From sound + -less.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: беззвучен (bezzvučen) — without sound
  • Bulgarian: безшумен (bezšumen) — without sound
  • Catalan: insonor — without sound
  • Danish: lydløs — without sound
  • Danish: støjløs — without sound
  • Danish: stille — without sound
  • Danish: tyst — without sound
  • Dutch: geruisloos — without sound
  • Dutch: geluidloos — without sound
  • Esperanto: sensona — without sound
  • Finnish: äänetön — without sound
  • Galician: insonoro — without sound
  • German: lautlos — without sound
  • German: geräuschlos — without sound
  • Ancient Greek: ἄθροος (áthroos) — without sound
  • Ancient Greek: ἄψοφος (ápsophos) — without sound
  • Italian: insonoro — without sound
  • Lithuanian: begarsis — without sound
  • Māori: haumūmū — without sound
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lydlaus — without sound
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lydløs — without sound
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljodlaus — without sound
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lydlaus — without sound
  • Polish: bezdźwięczny — without sound
  • Polish: bezgłośny — without sound
  • Polish: bezszelestny — without sound
  • Portuguese: insonoro — without sound
  • Russian: беззву́чный (bezzvúčnyj) — without sound
  • Russian: бесшу́мный (besšúmnyj) — without sound
  • Spanish: insonoro — without sound
  • Swedish: ljudlös — without sound
  • Turkish: sessiz — without sound