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dumb
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- pronunciation:
- duhm
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
dumber, dumbest |
| definition 1: |
unintelligent, or reflecting a lack of intelligent thinking; idiotic; stupid.
He thinks he's dumb just because he reads slowly.I was embarrassed after I made that dumb remark.Letting the hamster out with the cat in the room was a dumb idea.- synonyms:
- dimwitted, stupid, unintelligent
- antonyms:
- clever, intelligent, smart
- similar words:
- dense, dopey, dull, idiotic, silly, simple, slow, thick, witless
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| definition 2: |
(of humans, sometimes offensive) incapable of speaking.
A horse is only a dumb animal and cannot voice complaint.Blind and deaf, Helen Keller taught herself to speak and proclaimed, "I am not dumb anymore."- synonyms:
- mute, silent, speechless
- antonyms:
- articulate
- similar words:
- voiceless
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| definition 3: |
silent, as from an emotional shock.
When she learned of the accident, she was dumb with grief.She was struck dumb by the news.- synonyms:
- speechless, tongue-tied
- antonyms:
- articulate
- similar words:
- silent
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| definition 4: |
done without or unaccompanied by speaking, as in a pantomime.
- synonyms:
- silent
- similar words:
- noiseless, soundless, wordless
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| related words: |
asinine, brute, inane, insane, mute, quiet, senseless, still, thoughtless |
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| derivations: |
dumbly (adv.), dumbness (n.) |
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