Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > W Synonyms of word deafness Find synonyms for: Noun1. auditory aphasia, acoustic aphasia, word deafness, aphasiausage: an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing lossWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: temporize Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language