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textless

textless

5.7
Having no written words
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɛkstləs/
translation icon : sin texto

Examples

  • Neither scenario sounds appealing to me, nor the one where I just leave the "flagship content" to rot as I plow through textless Renown quest grinding.

    Blog text (12)
  • Puzzlingly, the later hands that noted which parts of the whole opera each section came from clearly did so knowing that there were untexted pieces, and one of those hands knew where those words would come from, as he entered the cue word for one of the choruses and, more importantly, knew what the last three words were supposed to be of the longest textless group of recitatives (because he made a note of them).

    Academic text (2000)
  • The artist created a stunning textless poster that conveys the film's emotions through imagery alone.

  • During the presentation, she displayed a textless slide to emphasize the importance of visuals over words.

  • Many modern advertisements now use textless imagery to capture audiences' attention without relying on written messages.

Synonyms

blank
vstextless
103 1.7

An empty space between words or lines in writing

means absence of written words rather than just an empty space
wordless
vstextless
9 4.1

A look or action that shows feeling without words

is limited to absence of written words only
nontextual
vstextless
6.8

A thing that does not use written words but uses pictures, sounds, or video

focuses only on not containing any written words

How Visual

graphic
151 3.7
textless
5.7
nongraphic
  • US
6.3

Surface Forms

textless positive

Morphology

textless = text (transparent) = text + less

Meaning is directly derived from 'text' + '-less' = lacking text; easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word textless is made of text and -less. The text part comes from the Latin texere meaning 'to weave', so you can imagine written words as threads woven together, and -less means 'without', so textless simply describes something that has no written words.