Antonyms for dumbdumb

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. dumb

   Dumb, mute, silent and speechless refer to fact or state; taciturn refers to habit and disposition. The talkative person may be stricken dumb with surprise or terror; the obstinate may remain mute; one may be silent through preoccupation of mind or of set purpose; but the taciturn person is averse to the utterance of thought or feeling and to communication with others, either from natural disposition or for the occasion. One who is silent does not speak at all; one who is taciturn speaks when compelled, but in a grudging way that repels further approach. Reserved suggests more of method and intention than taciturn, applying often to some special time or topic; one who is communicative regarding all else may be reserved about his business. Reserved is thus closely equivalent to uncommunicative, but is a somewhat stronger word, often suggesting pride or haughtiness, as when we say one is reserved toward inferiors. Compare PRIDE.

   Antonyms:
   communicative, free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, unreserved

   Synonyms:
   close, mute, reserved, reticent, silent, speechless, taciturn, uncommunicative

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dumb

   Antonyms:
   clatter, tumult, uproar

   Synonyms:
   inarticulate, mute, silent, still

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slowadjective

   slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

   "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

   Antonyms:
   smart, articulate

   Synonyms:
   vague, ho-hum, muted, sluggish, subdued, deadening, faint, mute, slow, thudding, boring, dense, irksome, black, silent, wispy, heavy, dim, purblind, muffled, tedious, impenetrable, dull, dimmed, speechless, shadowy, tiresome, softened, bleak, thick, wearisome, obtuse, leaden

2. speechless, dumbadjective

   temporarily incapable of speaking

   "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"

   Antonyms:
   articulate, smart

   Synonyms:
   mute, dull, obtuse, silent, dense, dim, speechless, slow

3. dumbadjective

   lacking the power of human speech

   "dumb animals"

   Antonyms:
   articulate, smart

   Synonyms:
   mute, dull, obtuse, silent, dense, dim, speechless, slow

4. dumb, mute, silentadjective

   unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

   Antonyms:
   smart, articulate

   Synonyms:
   unspoken, understood, dull, dim, tacit, mute, dense, tongueless, unsounded, soundless, speechless, still, slow, silent, mum, obtuse, wordless

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dumbadjective

   Synonyms:
   mute, speechless, pantomimic

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brainy

   Submitted by anonymous on October 26, 2020  

2. declanadjective

   if you call someone declan your calling them dumb

   big bumb

   Submitted by Dumbbum23 on October 21, 2021  

How to use dumb in a sentence?

1. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

   Either you’re so dumb you lose your place during sex, or you want to cheat”.

2. Bob Knight:

   That kid made a dumb mistake, i went over to that kid and I did a lot more for the son of a b ---- than his parents ever did for him. And I went over there and I said ‘ Son, let me tell you something, you don’t address adults like that under any circumstances. ’ And that’s why I have no use for Indiana University, because they used that as a reason to get me out of there, and that’s absolute b -------.

3. Donald Trump:

   Knowing all of this, is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially 'heavily populated' call.

4. Morgan Wallen:

   I was around some of my friends, and we say dumb stuff together, in our minds, it’s playful. That sounds ignorant but that’s really where it came from. And it’s wrong.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   On day one, I said the Keystone Pipeline is a dumb idea.

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