mute
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a deaf person who is unable to speak
Types & categories
- deaf person hypernym
- dummy hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
expressed without speech
a mute appeal
Related & opposite
- muteness derivation
- muteness derivation
- inarticulate similar to
Sense 4 noun
a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
Types & categories
- acoustic device hypernym
- sourdine hyponym
Related & opposite
- mute derivation
Sense 5 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 | mute |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deaf-mute |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deaf person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dummy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | muffler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muteness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muteness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inarticulate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mute |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | acoustic device |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sourdine |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mute |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | muteness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | inarticulate |