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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. dumb

    Dumb, mute, silent and speechless refer to fact or state; taciturn refers to habit and disposition. The talkative person may be stricken dumb with surprise or terror; the obstinate may remain mute; one may be silent through preoccupation of mind or of set purpose; but the taciturn person is averse to the utterance of thought or feeling and to communication with others, either from natural disposition or for the occasion. One who is silent does not speak at all; one who is taciturn speaks when compelled, but in a grudging way that repels further approach. Reserved suggests more of method and intention than taciturn, applying often to some special time or topic; one who is communicative regarding all else may be reserved about his business. Reserved is thus closely equivalent to uncommunicative, but is a somewhat stronger word, often suggesting pride or haughtiness, as when we say one is reserved toward inferiors. Compare PRIDE.

    Synonyms:
    close, mute, reserved, reticent, silent, speechless, taciturn, uncommunicative

    Antonyms:
    communicative, free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, unreserved

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dumb

    Synonyms:
    inarticulate, mute, silent, still

    Antonyms:
    clatter, tumult, uproar

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slowadjective

    slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

    "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

    Synonyms:
    vague, ho-hum, muted, sluggish, subdued, deadening, faint, mute, slow, thudding, boring, dense, irksome, black, silent, wispy, heavy, dim, purblind, muffled, tedious, impenetrable, dull, dimmed, speechless, shadowy, tiresome, softened, bleak, thick, wearisome, obtuse, leaden

    Antonyms:
    smart, articulate

  2. speechless, dumbadjective

    temporarily incapable of speaking

    "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"

    Synonyms:
    mute, dull, obtuse, silent, dense, dim, speechless, slow

    Antonyms:
    articulate, smart

  3. dumbadjective

    lacking the power of human speech

    "dumb animals"

    Synonyms:
    mute, dull, obtuse, silent, dense, dim, speechless, slow

    Antonyms:
    articulate, smart

  4. dumb, mute, silentadjective

    unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

    Synonyms:
    unspoken, understood, dull, dim, tacit, mute, dense, tongueless, unsounded, soundless, speechless, still, slow, silent, mum, obtuse, wordless

    Antonyms:
    smart, articulate

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dumbadjective

    Synonyms:
    unable to speak, incapable of speech

  2. dumbadjective

    Synonyms:
    mute, speechless, silent, taciturn, mum

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dumbadjective

    Synonyms:
    mute, speechless, pantomimic

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#139693soundless
#207170thudding
#241021uncommunicative

How to use dumb in a sentence?

  1. Alexander Sokovikov:

    It just happened that Russia started behaving ridiculously internationally, which gives creative people a lot of substance to work with, if you talk about luck, I was lucky to be in New York when Putin started acting like a dumb f?-?-?k .?.?. when they were looking for people to pass for Russian.

  2. Amy Martin:

    It looked like if I were to take the kitchen scissors and just pull it out and bluntly over and over cut, because you know it was just very choppy like Jim Carrey on Dumb and Dumber but rounder and a little bit shorter. Thats exactly what it looked like.

  3. Chase Leblanc:

    Look closely at wisdom – there is a very small space between “wiz” and “dumb” -

  4. Johann Kaspar Lavater:

    He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

  5. Bruce Arians:

    No, and I’ve seen enough dumb – you can’t pull guys out of a pile, we just got a big play, great field position, and he’s trying to pull a guy out of a pile, and I was trying to knock him off of that guy so he didn’t get a penalty.


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