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dumb

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dumb

1 deliberately refraining from speech

the mayor has chosen to remain dumb about her activities that night

Synonyms of dumb

mum, mute, muted, silent, speechless, uncommunicative, wordless

Words Related to dumb

inarticulate, tongue-tied

nonvocal, voiceless

sulking, sulky, sullen

Near Antonyms of dumb

articulate, eloquent, fluent, voluble, well-spoken

gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky

outspoken, unreserved, vocal

facile, glib, silver-tongued, smooth-tongued

Antonyms of dumb

communicative, speaking, talking

2 not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily

don't call him dumb just because he makes the occasional mistake like the rest of us

Synonyms of dumb

airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless

Words Related to dumb

cretinous, feebleminded, simpleminded

boobish, foolish, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic

ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinking

absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), zany

fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable

Near Antonyms of dumb

ingenious, resourceful

acute, astute, discerning, insightful, keen, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, savvy, wise

cerebral, erudite, highbrow, intellectual, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, thinking, well-read

educated, informed, schooled, skilled, trained

crafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wily

judicious, prudent, sane, sensible, sound

logical, rational, reasonable, valid

Antonyms of dumb

apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart

3 tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)

he prefers to remain dumb, and replies in monosyllables if really pressed

Synonyms of dumb

closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative

Words Related to dumb

aloof, indrawn, inhibited, introverted, reserved, restrained

sedate, self-contained, sober, staid

backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish

Near Antonyms of dumb

free-spoken, outspoken, vocal

gossipy, talebearing

diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy

extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable

Antonyms of dumb

blabby, chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, motormouthed, mouthy, talkative, talky, unreserved

Synonym Discussion of dumb

stupid, dull, dense, crass, dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary.

- stupid students just keeping the seats warm
- stupid with drink

dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock.

- monotonous work that leaves the mind dull

dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas.

- too dense to take a hint

crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy.

- a crass, materialistic people

dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension.

- too dumb to figure out what's going on

dumb

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dumb

to stop the noise or speech of

the terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears

Synonyms of dumb

extinguish, hush, mute, quell, quiet, quieten [chiefly British], settle, shush, shut up, silence, squelch, still

Near Antonyms of dumb

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