nnoun.persona deaf person who is unable to speakSynset:deaf-and-dumb person deaf-mute
Derivationally Related Form:deaf-mutemute
Hypernyms:deaf person
Inherited Hypernyms:mutedeaf personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:mutedeaf personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:dummysilent person
nnoun.artifacta device used to soften the tone of a musical instrumentDerivationally Related Form:mute
Hypernyms:acoustic device
Inherited Hypernyms:muteacoustic devicedeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:sordinosourdine
vverb.perceptiondeaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrappingSynset:damp dampen dull muffle tone down
Derivationally Related Form:dampermufflermute
Hypernyms:soften
Inherited Hypernyms:mufflesoftenchange intensitychange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allexpressed without speechSynset:tongueless unspoken wordless
Examples:- a mute appeal
- a silent curse
- best grief is tongueless - Emily Dickinson
- the words stopped at her lips unsounded
- unspoken grief
- choking exasperation and wordless shame - Thomas Wolfe
Antonyms:articulate
Derivationally Related Form:muteness
Inherited Hypernyms:mute
Similar to:inarticulate unarticulate
adj satadj.allunable to speak because of hereditary deafnessSynset:dumb silent
Antonyms:articulate
Derivationally Related Form:mutenessmute
Inherited Hypernyms:dumb
Similar to:inarticulate unarticulate