Synonyms for "muteness" (39 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

dumbnessmutismanaudiaaphasiaaphoniaaphrasiabrevitybriefness

Strong matches (12)

brusquenessconcisenesscurtnessdeaf-mutenesseconomy of wordsinarticulatenessjargon aphasialaconicalnesslaconismloss of speechmotor aphasia

Noun(1 words)

dumbness

Related words (19)

Noun(2 words)

mutismsilence

obmutescenceparanomiaparaphasiapauciloquyquietnessquietudeshortnesssilencesparingness of wordsspeechlessnesstaciturnitytersenesstonguelessnessunloquaciousnessuntalkativenessvoicelessnesswordlessness

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

3 entries

conditionstatusuncommunicativeness

Synonyms

2 entries

dumbnessmutism

Related terms

1 entries

deaf-muteness

derived from

1 entries

mute

is a

1 entries

uncommunicativeness

related to

1 entries

mute

Translations

25 translations across 20 languages.

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Belarusian

1 entries

• немата́ noun (characteristic of being mute)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• немота́ noun (characteristic of being mute)

Catalan

1 entries

• mudesa noun (characteristic of being mute)

Czech

1 entries

• němota noun (characteristic of being mute)

Esperanto

1 entries

• muteco noun (characteristic of being mute)

French

3 entries

• aphonie noun (characteristic of being mute)
• mutisme noun (characteristic of being mute)
• mutité noun (characteristic of being mute)

German

1 entries

• Stummheit noun (characteristic of being mute)

Irish

2 entries

• bailbhe noun (characteristic of being mute)
• balbhántaíocht noun (characteristic of being mute)

Macedonian

1 entries

• немост noun (characteristic of being mute)

Middle English

1 entries

• dombenesse noun (characteristic of being mute)

Old English

1 entries

• dumbnes noun (characteristic of being mute)

Polish

1 entries

• niemota noun (characteristic of being mute)

Portuguese

1 entries

• mudez noun (characteristic of being mute)

Romanian

1 entries

• muțenie noun (characteristic of being mute)

Russian

1 entries

• немота́ noun (characteristic of being mute)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• nemost noun (characteristic of being mute)
• немост noun (characteristic of being mute)

Slovak

1 entries

• nemota noun (characteristic of being mute)

Spanish

2 entries

• mudez noun (characteristic of being mute)
• mutismo noun (characteristic of being mute)

Tamil

1 entries

• ஊமை noun (characteristic of being mute)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• німота́ noun (characteristic of being mute)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Jamike came with a certain muteness, as if something had silenced him.

Source: wiktionary

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