nonspeaking

Describes a person, especially an autistic individual, who does not use spoken language to communicate, or a role in performance that involves no spoken lines.

• 🇪🇸Describe a una persona, especialmente autista, que no usa el habla oral para comunicarse, o un papel en una actuación que no implica decir líneas.

1. Not involving speech B2 formal

   Describes a role, performance, or situation that does not require or involve spoken words.

   • She played a nonspeaking role in the school play.
   • The actor took a nonspeaking part in the film.
   • The performance included several nonspeaking scenes.

   🇪🇸sin habla, no verbal

   Sinónimos: nonverbalsilentvoicelesswordless

   Antónimos: oralspokenverbal

2. Not capable of speech B2 formal

   Describes a person or creature who is unable to speak.

   • The character in the story was a nonspeaking child.
   • The robot was designed as a nonspeaking assistant.
   • In the movie, the alien was a nonspeaking being.

   🇪🇸incapaz de hablar

   Sinónimos: aphonicdumbmutespeechlessvoiceless

   Antónimos: speakingverbal

• more nonspeaking comparative form
• most nonspeaking superlative form