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dumbadjective deliberately refraining from speechthe mayor has chosen to remain dumb about her activities that night mum, mute, muted, silent, speechless, uncommunicative, wordless inarticulate, tongue-tiednonvocal, voicelessdumbstrucksulking, sulky, sullen communicative, speaking, talking articulate, eloquent, fluent, voluble, well-spokengabby, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talkyoutspoken, unreserved, vocalfacile, glib, silver-tongued, smooth-tongued not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readilydon't call him dumb just because he makes the occasional mistake like the rest of us airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey(also dopy), dorky(slang), dull, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless(chiefly British), half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain(or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless cretinous, feebleminded, simplemindedboobish, foolish, idiotic(also idiotical), imbecile(or imbecilic), moronicignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinkingabsurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky(also kookie), loony(also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, tomfool, unwise, wacky(also whacky), zanyfallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart ingenious, resourcefulacute, astute, discerning, insightful, keen, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, savvy, wisecerebral, erudite, highbrow, intellectual, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, thinking, well-readeducated, informed, schooled, skilled, trainedcrafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wilyjudicious, prudent, sane, sensible, soundlogical, rational, reasonable, valid tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)he prefers to remain dumb, and replies in monosyllables if really pressed closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative aloof, indrawn, inhibited, introverted, restrainedsedate, self-contained, sober, staidbackward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish blabby, chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, motormouthed, mouthy, talkative, talky, unreserved free-spoken, outspoken, vocalgossipy, talebearingdiffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordyextroverted(also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable dumbverbto stop the noise or speech ofthe terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears extinguish, hush, mute, quell, quiet, quieten(chiefly British), settle, shush, shut up, silence, squelch, still agitate, stir adj.stupid, dull, dense, crass, dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions.stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary.stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink dull suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock.monotonous work that leaves the mind dull dense implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas.too dense to take a hint crass suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy.a crass, materialistic people dumb applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension.too dumb to figure out what's going on before the 12th century |