Dumb

//dʌm//

Synonyms for "dumb" (370 found)

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Closest matches (74)

Strong matches (111)

cloddish close close-tongued closemouthed cluck cockeyed concise cowish crass crazy credulous curt daffy daft dazed dimwit dizzy doltish doting dull

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Adjective(44 words)

cockamamie crackbrained cretinous dateless dense dented dim dim-bulb dim-headed dim-witted doltish dozy drowsy duffle-headed dull dull-headed dull-minded dull-witted dumb as a bag of hammers dumb as a box of rocks

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Adjective(3 words)

dense dim dull

Adverb(1 words)

hella

Related words (185)

inexperienced infatuated innocent insane insensate insensible insentient instinctive instinctual klutzy know nothing know-nothing kooky laconic lifeless loony lumpish mad maudlin maundering

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Adjective(75 words)

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Adverb(4 words)

mad odee type wicked

Adjective(5 words)

mute obtuse silent slow speechless

Related word relations

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10 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

smart

Synonyms

7 entries

banal dense dumbstruck feeble minded shush silent speechless

Related terms

4 entries

FAST HARD SMART SMARTER

capable of

1 entries

mean unable to speak

derived

103 entries

Mormondumb a dumb priest never got a parish beauty fades, dumb is forever bedumb deaf and dumb dumb Dora dumb TV dumb ague dumb as a bag of hammers dumb as a box of rocks dumb as a brick dumb as a doorknob dumb as a doornail dumb as a fish dumb as a post dumb as a rock

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distinct from

1 entries

smart

etymologically related_to

1 entries

deaf

has context

1 entries

pejorative

related to

22 entries

deaf deaf and deprived ear foolish idiot ignorant intellectual mentality most most people people person pointless reduce represent

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similar

4 entries

inarticulate stupid unarticulate

Translations

107 translations across 43 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

dom adj (stupid)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

μωρός adj (stupid)

Arabic

3 entries

احمق adj (stupid)
غشيم adj (stupid)
غَبِيّ adj (stupid)

Belarusian

1 entries

дурны adj (stupid)

Bulgarian

1 entries

тъп adj (stupid)

Catalan

1 entries

estúpid adj (stupid)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بێعەقڵ adj (stupid)
بێمەعنا adj (pointless or unintellectual)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

笨 adj (stupid)
蠢 adj (stupid)

Czech

2 entries

blbý adj (stupid)
debilní adj (stupid)

Danish

4 entries

dum adj (stupid)
dum adj (pointless or unintellectual)
fordummende adj (pointless or unintellectual)
åndssvag adj (stupid)

Dutch

2 entries

dom adj (stupid)
stom adj (stupid)

Esperanto

2 entries

stulta adj (stupid)
stulta adj (pointless or unintellectual)

Estonian

1 entries

loll adj (stupid)

Finnish

3 entries

idioottimainen adj (stupid)
typerä adj (stupid)
typerä adj (pointless or unintellectual)

French

4 entries

bête adj (stupid)
bête stupide adj (pointless or unintellectual)
débile adj (stupid)
idiot adj (stupid)

German

4 entries

dumm adj (stupid)
dumm adj (pointless or unintellectual)
dümmlich adj (pointless or unintellectual)
idiotisch adj (stupid)

Greek

1 entries

χαζός adj (stupid)

Hebrew

2 entries

טִפֵּשׁ adj (stupid)
מְטֻמְטָם adj (stupid)

Hungarian

3 entries

buta adj (stupid)
hülye adj (stupid)
ostoba adj (stupid)

Indonesian

1 entries

dungu adj (stupid)

Italian

2 entries

stupido adj (stupid)
stupido adj (pointless or unintellectual)

Japanese

3 entries

ばかな adj (stupid)
実のない adj (pointless or unintellectual)
愚かな adj (stupid)

Javanese

2 entries

goblog adj (stupid)
pekok adj (stupid)

Latin

4 entries

blennus adj (stupid)
stultus adj (stupid)
stupidus adj (stupid)
supervacuus adj (pointless or unintellectual)

Lithuanian

2 entries

(barbarism) durnas adj (stupid)
kvailas adj (stupid)

Low German

1 entries

dumm adj (stupid)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

bêaqil adj (stupid)
bêmêjî adj (stupid)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

dum adj (pointless or unintellectual)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

dum adj (pointless or unintellectual)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

بوك adj (stupid)
شاشقین adj (stupid)

Persian

3 entries

خنگ adj (stupid)
دبنگ adj (stupid)
کودن adj (stupid)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

frekjt adj (stupid)

Polish

4 entries

bezmyślny adj (stupid)
debilny adj (stupid)
durny adj (stupid)
idiotyczny adj (stupid)

Portuguese

3 entries

burro adj (stupid)
estúpido adj (pointless or unintellectual)
idiota adj (stupid)

Russian

4 entries

бессмы́сленный adj (pointless or unintellectual)
глу́пый adj (stupid)
дурно́й adj (stupid)
тупо́й adj (stupid)

Sanskrit

4 entries

अज्ञान adj (stupid)
जल adj (stupid)
निर्बुद्धि adj (stupid)
मूढ adj (stupid)

Spanish

4 entries

adundado adj (stupid)
estúpido adj (stupid)
estúpido adj (pointless or unintellectual)
mentecapto adj (stupid)

Sundanese

1 entries

belegug adj (stupid)

Swedish

3 entries

dum adj (stupid)
korkad adj (stupid)
meningslös adj (pointless or unintellectual)

Thai

1 entries

โง่ adj (stupid)

Turkish

3 entries

aptal adj (stupid)
boş adj (pointless or unintellectual)
saçma adj (pointless or unintellectual)

Walloon

3 entries

boubiet adj (stupid)
loigne adj (stupid)
wargnasse adj (stupid)

Zazaki

1 entries

xint adj (stupid)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.

Source: tatoeba (1497)

Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.

Source: tatoeba (33855)

We were struck dumb with astonishment.

Source: tatoeba (34765)

He remained dumb during this discussion.

Source: tatoeba (57646)

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