dumb
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 adjective
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
so dense he never understands anything I say to him
Related & opposite
- denseness derivation
- dullness derivation
- mental retardation derivation
- awkwardness derivation
- stupid similar to
Sense 2 adjective
temporarily incapable of speaking
struck dumb
Related & opposite
- speechlessness derivation
- inarticulate similar to
Sense 3 adjective
lacking the power of human speech
dumb animals
Related & opposite
- inarticulate similar to
Sense 4 adjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Related & opposite
- mute derivation
- muteness derivation
- inarticulate similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | denseness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dullness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mental retardation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | awkwardness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | stupid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | speechlessness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inarticulate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inarticulate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mute |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | muteness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | inarticulate |