Mute

Synonyms for "mute" (237 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (48)

muffle silent unspoken deaf mute abiotic acoustic tile allophone alveolar anaudic antiknock aphasic aphonic apico-alveolar apico-dental articulation aspiration assimilation azoic baffle baffler

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baton bearer bilabial bit player breathless brief brusque cacuminal cerebral check close close-tongued closemouthed concise consonant continuant curt cushion damp dampen dampener damper deaden deaf and dumb person

Adjective(2 words)

aphonic aphonous

Verb(2 words)

damp dampen

Strong matches (71)

Related words (118)

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Noun(3 words)

occlusive plosive stop

Adjective(4 words)

silent tongueless unspoken wordless

Adjective(5 words)

still tongueless tranquil unspeaking voiceless

Verb(1 words)

tone down

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

5 entries

acoustic device deaf person lacking silent soften

More specific

3 entries

dumbstruck speechless wordless

Synonyms

3 entries

muffle silent unspoken

Related terms

6 entries

dumb inarticulate inaudible make silent semimute silence

capable of

1 entries

sign loves

dbpedia genre

1 entries

file sharing

derived

23 entries

I'm mute deaf-mute mute as a mouse mute cancel mute cornett mute e mute h mute list mute of malice mute point mute swan muteable mutely muteness muter mutism

Showing 16 of 23 words.

has context

4 entries

historical music phonetics theatre

is a

4 entries

acoustic device animal or body part deaf person software

related to

20 entries

autism brass cast off damper defecate dumb faeces falcon funeral hawk mime moult mourner pianoforte silence silent

Showing 16 of 20 words.

similar

2 entries

inarticulate unarticulate

Translations

255 translations across 98 languages.

Adyghe

1 entries

бзако adj (not having the power of speech)

Afrikaans

2 entries

stil adj (not having the power of speech)
stom adj (not having the power of speech)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

ἄλαλος adj (not having the power of speech)
ἄναυδος adj (not having the power of speech)
ἄφωνος adj (not having the power of speech)
ἐνεός adj (not having the power of speech)

Arabic

4 entries

أخرس adj (not having the power of speech)
أَبْكَم adj (not having the power of speech)
أَخْرَس adj (not having the power of speech)
صَامِت adj (silent, not making a sound)

Aragonese

1 entries

mudo adj (not having the power of speech)

Armenian

4 entries

լալ adj (not having the power of speech)
համր adj (not having the power of speech)
լալ noun (person unable to speak)
համր noun (person unable to speak)

Aromanian

1 entries

mut adj (not having the power of speech)

Asturian

2 entries

mudu adj (not having the power of speech)
mudu adj (silent, not making a sound)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

lal adj (not having the power of speech)

Basque

1 entries

mutu adj (not having the power of speech)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries

bebe' adj (not having the power of speech)

Belarusian

1 entries

нямы́ adj (not having the power of speech)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

गूंग adj (not having the power of speech)

Bikol Central

1 entries

pula noun (person unable to speak)

Bulgarian

4 entries

безмълвен adj (silent, not making a sound)
ням adj (not having the power of speech)
ням noun (person unable to speak)
статист noun (silent acting part)

Burmese

1 entries

အ adj (not having the power of speech)

Catalan

4 entries

mut adj (not having the power of speech)
mut adj (silent, not making a sound)
muda noun (person unable to speak)
mut noun (person unable to speak)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

لاڵ adj (not having the power of speech)

Chamicuro

1 entries

majnachalelo adj (not having the power of speech)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

啞 /哑 adj (not having the power of speech)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

啞 /哑 adj (not having the power of speech)
啞巴 /哑巴 adj (not having the power of speech)
无声的 adj (silent, not making a sound)
缄默的 adj (silent, not making a sound)

Classical Greek

1 entries

ἄφθογγα noun (person unable to speak)

Czech

2 entries

němý adj (not having the power of speech)
němý noun (person unable to speak)

Danish

2 entries

stum adj (not having the power of speech)
umælende adj (not having the power of speech)

Dutch

4 entries

gedempt adj (silent, not making a sound)
stil adj (silent, not making a sound)
stom adj (not having the power of speech)
stomme noun (person unable to speak)

Esperanto

2 entries

muta adj (not having the power of speech)
mutulo noun (person unable to speak)

Faroese

2 entries

dumbur adj (not having the power of speech)
málleysur adj (not having the power of speech)

Finnish

4 entries

mykkä adj (not having the power of speech)
mykkä adj (silent, not making a sound)
äänetön adj (silent, not making a sound)
mykkä noun (person unable to speak)

French

4 entries

assourdi adj (not having the power of speech)
muet adj (not having the power of speech)
muet adj (silent, not making a sound)
muette adj (silent, not making a sound)

Friulian

1 entries

mut adj (not having the power of speech)

Galician

2 entries

mudo adj (not having the power of speech)
mudo noun (person unable to speak)

German

4 entries

still adj (silent, not making a sound)
stumm adj (not having the power of speech)
Stumme noun (person unable to speak)
Stummer noun (person unable to speak)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 adj (not having the power of speech)

Greek

1 entries

άλαλος adj (not having the power of speech)

Greenlandic

1 entries

oqajuitsoq adj (not having the power of speech)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

bèbè adj (not having the power of speech)

Hebrew

1 entries

אילם adj (not having the power of speech)

Hindi

2 entries

गूंगा adj (not having the power of speech)
मूक adj (not having the power of speech)

Hungarian

4 entries

néma adj (not having the power of speech)
néma adj (silent, not making a sound)
elnémít verb (silence, make quiet)
lenémít verb (turn off the sound of)

Icelandic

1 entries

mállaus adj (not having the power of speech)

Indonesian

2 entries

bisu adj (not having the power of speech)
gagu adj (not having the power of speech)

Ingrian

2 entries

mykkä adj (not having the power of speech)
mykkä noun (person unable to speak)

Irish

3 entries

balbh adj (not having the power of speech)
tostach adj (silent, not making a sound)
balbhán noun (person unable to speak)

Italian

4 entries

muto adj (not having the power of speech)
muto adj (silent, not making a sound)
sordina noun (sordine)
sordino noun (sordine)

Japanese

4 entries

口の利けない adj (not having the power of speech)
唖の adj (not having the power of speech)
黙々 adj (not having the power of speech)
弱音器 noun (sordine)

Javanese

1 entries

bisu adj (not having the power of speech)

Kabardian

1 entries

бзагуэ adj (not having the power of speech)

Kashmiri

3 entries

ژھۄپہٕ adj (silent, not making a sound)
کۆل adj (not having the power of speech)
کۆل noun (person unable to speak)

Kazakh

2 entries

мылқау adj (not having the power of speech)
үнсіз adj (silent, not making a sound)

Korean

1 entries

벙어리 noun (person unable to speak)

Latgalian

1 entries

māms adj (not having the power of speech)

Latin

4 entries

infans adj (not having the power of speech)
infans adj (silent, not making a sound)
mūtus adj (not having the power of speech)
mūtus adj (silent, not making a sound)

Latvian

1 entries

mēms adj (not having the power of speech)

Low German

1 entries

dumm adj (not having the power of speech)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

nimy adj (not having the power of speech)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

stomm adj (not having the power of speech)

Macedonian

1 entries

нем adj (not having the power of speech)

Malay

4 entries

bisu adj (not having the power of speech)
gagu adj (not having the power of speech)
kelu adj (not having the power of speech)
tunawicara adj (not having the power of speech)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡥᡝᠯᡝ adj (not having the power of speech)

Middle English

4 entries

dumb adj (not having the power of speech)
dumb adj (silent, not making a sound)
muet adj (not having the power of speech)
muet adj (silent, not making a sound)

Māori

3 entries

hāngū adj (silent, not making a sound)
wahangū adj (not having the power of speech)
whakangū verb (silence, make quiet)

Norman

2 entries

muet adj (not having the power of speech)
muet adj (silent, not making a sound)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

bêdeng adj (silent, not making a sound)
bêpêjn adj (silent, not making a sound)
kirr adj (silent, not making a sound)
lal adj (not having the power of speech)

Northern Sami

1 entries

gielaheapme adj (not having the power of speech)

Norwegian

4 entries

stum adj (not having the power of speech)
dritt noun (bird droppings)
skitt noun (bird droppings)
sordin noun (sordine)

Occitan

1 entries

mut adj (not having the power of speech)

Odia

1 entries

ମୂକ adj (not having the power of speech)

Old English

2 entries

dumb adj (not having the power of speech)
dumb noun (person unable to speak)

Persian

4 entries

بیصدا adj (silent, not making a sound)
لال adj (not having the power of speech)
گنگ adj (not having the power of speech)
گنگ noun (person unable to speak)

Polish

2 entries

milczący adj (silent, not making a sound)
niemy adj (not having the power of speech)

Portuguese

4 entries

mudo adj (not having the power of speech)
mudo adj (silent, not making a sound)
carpideira noun (hired mourner, undertaker's assistant)
mudo noun (person unable to speak)

Quechua

2 entries

amu adj (not having the power of speech)
amu noun (person unable to speak)

Romanian

2 entries

mut adj (not having the power of speech)
mut noun (person unable to speak)

Russian

4 entries

безмо́лвный adj (silent, not making a sound)
бесслове́сный adj (not having the power of speech)
немо́й adj (not having the power of speech)
немо́й adj (silent, not making a sound)

Sanskrit

1 entries

मूक adj (not having the power of speech)

Sardinian

2 entries

mudu adj (not having the power of speech)
mutu adj (not having the power of speech)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

balbh adj (not having the power of speech)
balbhag noun (person unable to speak)
balbhan noun (person unable to speak)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mȕtav adj (not having the power of speech)
nijȇm adj (not having the power of speech)
nȇm adj (not having the power of speech)
му̏тав adj (not having the power of speech)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ගොලු adj (not having the power of speech)

Slovak

2 entries

nehovoriaci adj (not having the power of speech)
nemý adj (not having the power of speech)

Slovene

1 entries

nem adj (not having the power of speech)

Spanish

4 entries

mudo adj (not having the power of speech)
mudo adj (silent, not making a sound)
mudo noun (person unable to speak)
plañidera noun (hired mourner, undertaker's assistant)

Sundanese

2 entries

pireu adj (not having the power of speech)
wisu adj (not having the power of speech)

Swedish

4 entries

stum adj (not having the power of speech)
tyst adj (silent, not making a sound)
sordin noun (sordine)
stum noun (person unable to speak)

Tagalog

2 entries

pipi adj (not having the power of speech)
pipi noun (person unable to speak)

Tajik

2 entries

лол adj (not having the power of speech)
гунг noun (person unable to speak)

Talysh

1 entries

lol adj (not having the power of speech)

Tarifit

3 entries

agnaw adj (not having the power of speech)
aynaw adj (not having the power of speech)
aziyzun adj (not having the power of speech)

Tat

1 entries

lal adj (not having the power of speech)

Thai

1 entries

เงียบ adj (not having the power of speech)

Turkish

2 entries

dilsiz adj (not having the power of speech)
susturmak verb (silence, make quiet)

Ukrainian

2 entries

німи́й adj (not having the power of speech)
німи́й noun (person unable to speak)

Uzbek

1 entries

lol adj (not having the power of speech)

Vietnamese

2 entries

câm adj (not having the power of speech)
người câm noun (person unable to speak)

Votic

1 entries

nʹemoi adj (not having the power of speech)

Walloon

4 entries

mouwale adj (not having the power of speech)
mouwea adj (not having the power of speech)
mouwale noun (person unable to speak)
mouwea noun (person unable to speak)

Welsh

3 entries

mud adj (not having the power of speech)
mudan noun (person unable to speak)
mudydd noun (sordine)

Zazaki

3 entries

bêhes adj (silent, not making a sound)
bêveng adj (silent, not making a sound)
lal (diq) adj (not having the power of speech)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Danger makes mute.

Source: tatoeba (834828)

A girl quietly approached the pair's workplace. The girl did so quietly — though to be accurate, she was a mute.

Source: tatoeba (3064577)

Tom is deaf and mute.

Source: tatoeba (3222859)

She was blind, deaf, and mute.

Source: tatoeba (3940337)

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