Synonyms for Dumb | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "dumb" (232 found)

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Noun(3 words)

cowish crass crazy credulous curt daffy daft dazed dense dimwit dizzy doltish doting dull dullard dumbfounded dumbstricken dumbstruck dunce duncical

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duncisheconomical of wordsemptyempty headedempty-headed exanimate fat fatheaded fatuitous fatuous featherweight feeble-minded flaky fond fool foolheaded foolish fuddled futile gaga gauche goofy green groping gross gulled idiotic ignorant imbecile inane inanimate inanimated inarticulate incoherentindisposed to talkindistinct ineducable inept inert inexperienced infatuated innocent insane

Adjective(3 words)

dense dim dull

Related words (116)

insensate insensible insentient instinctive instinctual klutzyknow nothingknow-nothing kooky laconic lamebrained lifeless loony lumpish mad maudlin maundering mindless moronic mum

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mute naive nescient nonconscious nonliving nonrational nonsensical numskulled nutty oafish opaque quiet raw reticent sappy screwy senseless sentimental short silent silly simple snug sottish soullesssparing of wordsspeechless stolidstrange tostricken dumbstupid subhuman taciturn tentative terse thickthick wittedthick-witted thoughtlesstight lippedtight-lippedtongue tiedtongue-tied tongueless unacquaintedunacquainted withunanimated unapprized uncommunicative uncomprehending unconscious unconversant unenlightened unfamiliar unfeeling unilluminated uninformed uninitiated unintelligent unknowing unloquacious unposted unripe unsure untalkative unteachable unversed vacuous voiceless wacky wet witless word-bound wordless wrongheaded zoic zooidal zoologic zoological

Adjective(5 words)

mute obtuse silent slow speechless

Noun(12 words)

mutemute personoversimplify silence simplify speechlessspeechless personstunthe mutetruncate unintelligent voiceless

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

cognitive attributehuman person reduction silence simplificationspeech attributespeech suppression

More specific

8 entries

abbreviation condensationdeaf mutedense mute muteness obtuse silencing

Collocations

10 entries

dumb ideadumb luckdumb movedumb policydumb questiondumb showdumb waiterdumbbell dumbfoundedthe dumb

Inflections

5 entries

dumbed dumber dumbest dumbing dumbs

Derivations

2 entries

dumbly dumbness

similar

3 entries

inarticulate stupid unarticulate

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.

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Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.

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We were struck dumb with astonishment.

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He remained dumb during this discussion.

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