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be mute
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Related Words:
deaf mute
collapse
related words >
deaf
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf-and-dumb person
,
deaf-eared
,
deafened
,
dull-eared
,
dummy
,
earless
,
hard of hearing
,
lip reader
,
mute
,
stone-deaf
,
stunned
,
surd
,
surdo-mute
,
the deaf
,
the hard-of-hearing
,
thick of hearing
,
tone-deaf
,
unhearing
,
word-deaf
play dumb
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related words >
be mute
,
be silent
,
bosom
,
classify
,
conceal
,
file and forget
,
forswear speech
,
hold out on
,
in petto
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep between us
,
keep buttoned up
,
keep close
,
keep dark
,
keep from
,
keep in ignorance
,
keep mum
,
keep quiet
,
keep secret
,
keep silent
,
keep snug
,
keep still
,
keep under wraps
,
make no sign
,
never let on
,
not give away
,
not tell
,
say nothing
,
secrete
,
shut up
,
stand mute
,
veil
,
withhold
keep quiet
collapse
refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information; "Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!"
related words >
abide
,
be mute
,
be silent
,
be still
,
coast
,
forswear speech
,
freeze
,
keep mum
,
keep silent
,
keep still
,
lie still
,
make no sign
,
mark time
,
not breathe
,
not stir
,
play dumb
,
remain
,
remain motionless
,
repose
,
rest
,
say nothing
,
shut up
,
stand
,
stand fast
,
stand firm
,
stand mute
,
stand still
,
stay
,
stay put
,
stick
,
stick fast
,
tarry
,
tread water
nonliving
collapse
related words >
abiotic
,
azoic
,
dumb
,
exanimate
,
inanimate
,
inanimated
,
inert
,
insensate
,
insensible
,
insentient
,
lifeless
,
mute
,
nonconscious
,
senseless
,
soulless
,
unanimated
,
unconscious
,
unfeeling
silencer
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a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
related words >
acoustic tile
,
antiknock
,
baffler
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampener
,
damper
,
gag
,
hushcloth
,
muffle
,
muffler
,
mute
,
muzzle
,
quietener
,
silence cloth
,
soft pedal
,
sordine
,
sordino
,
sound-absorbing material
,
soundproofing
,
soundproofing insulation
,
sourdine
soundproofing
collapse
related words >
acoustic tile
,
antiknock
,
baffler
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampener
,
damper
,
gag
,
hushcloth
,
muffle
,
muffler
,
mute
,
muzzle
,
quietener
,
silence cloth
,
silencer
,
soft pedal
,
sordine
,
sordino
,
sound-absorbing material
,
soundproofing insulation
,
sourdine
noiseless
collapse
making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare
related words >
damped
,
dampened
,
deadened
,
echoless
,
hush
,
hush as death
,
hushed
,
inaudible
,
mousy
,
muffled
,
mute
,
muted
,
quiescent
,
quiet
,
silent
,
soft
,
soundless
,
still
,
still as death
,
stilly
,
subaudible
,
unarticulated
,
unhearable
,
unpronounced
,
unsounded
,
unuttered
,
unvocalized
,
unvoiced
,
whist
tight lipped
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
untalkative
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
word-bound
,
wordless
metronome
collapse
clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music
related words >
baton
,
diapason
,
monochord
,
music stand
,
mute
,
oscillator
,
pendulum
,
pitch pipe
,
rhythmometer
,
rocker
,
rocking chair
,
rocking stone
,
seesaw
,
shuttle
,
shuttlecock
,
sonometer
,
stick
,
swing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
teeterboard
,
teetery-bender
,
tone measurer
,
tuning bar
,
tuning fork
,
tuning pipe
,
vibrator
insentient
collapse
devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone"
related words >
abiotic
,
asleep
,
azoic
,
benumbed
,
callous
,
dead
,
deadened
,
dull
,
dumb
,
exanimate
,
impassible
,
impassive
,
imperceptive
,
impercipient
,
inanimate
,
inanimated
,
inert
,
insensate
,
insensible
,
insensitive
,
lifeless
,
mute
,
nonconscious
,
nonliving
,
numb
,
numbed
,
obdurate
,
obtuse
,
senseless
,
soulless
,
thick-skinned
,
thick-witted
,
unanimated
,
unconscious
,
unfeeling
,
unfelt
,
unimpressible
,
unimpressionable
,
unperceptive
,
unresponsive
,
unsusceptible
reason to believe
collapse
related words >
basis for belief
,
body of evidence
,
chain of evidence
,
clue
,
data
,
datum
,
documentation
,
evidence
,
exhibit
,
fact
,
facts
,
grounds
,
grounds for belief
,
indication
,
item of evidence
,
manifestation
,
mark
,
material grounds
,
muniments
,
mute witness
,
piece of evidence
,
premises
,
proof
,
relevant fact
,
sign
,
symptom
,
token
closemouthed
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
concise
,
curt
,
dark
,
discreet
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
evasive
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
reticent
,
secret
,
secretive
,
shifty
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
uncommunicative
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
tongue tied
collapse
related words >
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
stricken dumb
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongueless
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
,
wordless
deafen
collapse
make soundproof; "deafen a room"
make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"
be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"
related words >
awake the dead
,
baffle
,
blast
,
blast the ear
,
boom
,
crash
,
crescendo
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deaden
,
din
,
dull
,
fill the air
,
muffle
,
mute
,
peal
,
rattle the windows
,
rend the air
,
rend the ears
,
resound
,
ring
,
rise
,
rock the sky
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
split the eardrums
,
split the ears
,
startle the echoes
,
stop
,
stun
,
subdue
,
surge
,
swell
,
thunder
,
tone down
speechless
collapse
unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"
related words >
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dazed
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
nonplussed
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
shocked
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
stricken dumb
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
thunderstruck
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
tongueless
,
uncommunicative
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
,
wordless
soft pedal
collapse
a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound
related words >
allow for
,
baffle
,
choke
,
choke off
,
color
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deaden
,
deafen
,
diminish
,
dull
,
dumbfound
,
ease
,
extenuate
,
gag
,
gloss over
,
hush
,
hush-hush
,
ignore
,
lessen
,
make allowance for
,
mince
,
mitigate
,
muffle
,
mute
,
muzzle
,
palliate
,
play down
,
put to silence
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
shush
,
shut down on
,
silence
,
slur over
,
soften
,
squash
,
squelch
,
stifle
,
still
,
stop
,
strike dumb
,
subdue
,
throttle
,
tone down
,
varnish
,
whitewash
mum
collapse
secrecy; "mum's the word"
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent"
related words >
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
ma
,
mam
,
mama
,
mammy
,
mater
,
mom
,
mommy
,
mummy
,
mute
,
old woman
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
stricken dumb
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
tongueless
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
,
wordless
unhearing
collapse
related words >
a stranger to
,
asleep
,
blind to
,
caught napping
,
dead to
,
deaf
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf to
,
deaf-eared
,
deaf-mute
,
deafened
,
dull-eared
,
earless
,
hard of hearing
,
impercipient
,
in ignorance of
,
incognizant
,
insensible
,
insensible to
,
mindless
,
napping
,
nonconceiving
,
not with it
,
out of it
,
stone-deaf
,
stunned
,
surd
,
thick of hearing
,
tone-deaf
,
unaware
,
unaware of
,
unconscious
,
unconscious of
,
uninsightful
,
unknowing
,
unmindful
,
unmindful of
,
unperceiving
,
unprehensive
,
unrealizing
,
unseeing
,
unsuspecting
,
unwitting
,
witless
,
word-deaf
standby
collapse
something that can be relied on when needed
ready for emergency use; "a standby generator"; "a standby crew"
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
apologist
,
backer
,
bit player
,
buff
,
champion
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
extra
,
fan
,
favorer
,
figurant
,
figurante
,
friend at court
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
mute
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
reliance
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
spear-carrier
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
stand-in
,
substitute
,
supe
,
super
,
supernumerary
,
support
,
supporter
,
supporting actor
,
supporting cast
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
understudy
,
upholder
,
votary
,
walk-on
,
walking gentleman
,
well-wisher
laconic
collapse
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aposiopestic
,
brief
,
brusque
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
curt
,
cut
,
docked
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
indisposed to talk
,
mum
,
mute
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
truncated
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
unspoken
collapse
related words >
arcane
,
cabalistic
,
censored
,
classified
,
close
,
closed
,
concealed
,
cryptic
,
dark
,
enigmatic
,
esoteric
,
hermetic
,
hidden
,
hinted
,
hush-hush
,
implicit
,
implied
,
inferred
,
intimated
,
latent
,
mute
,
mysterious
,
occult
,
restricted
,
secret
,
silent
,
smothered
,
stifled
,
suggested
,
suppressed
,
tacit
,
top secret
,
ulterior
,
unbreatheable
,
undeclared
,
under security
,
under wraps
,
understood
,
undisclosable
,
undisclosed
,
undivulgable
,
undivulged
,
unexpressed
,
unmentioned
,
unproclaimed
,
unpronounced
,
unpublished
,
unrecorded
,
unrevealable
,
unrevealed
,
unsaid
,
unstated
,
unsung
,
untalked-of
,
untellable
,
untold
,
unutterable
,
unuttered
,
unvoiced
,
unwhisperable
,
unwritten
,
wordless
soulless
collapse
lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling
related words >
abiotic
,
affectless
,
anesthetized
,
arctic
,
autistic
,
azoic
,
blunt
,
catatonic
,
chill
,
chilly
,
cold
,
cold as charity
,
cold-blooded
,
coldhearted
,
cool
,
dispassionate
,
drugged
,
dull
,
dumb
,
emotionally dead
,
emotionless
,
exanimate
,
frigid
,
frosted
,
frosty
,
frozen
,
heartless
,
icy
,
immovable
,
impassible
,
impassive
,
inanimate
,
inanimated
,
inert
,
inexcitable
,
insensate
,
insensible
,
insentient
,
insusceptible
,
lifeless
,
mute
,
nonconscious
,
nonemotional
,
nonliving
,
objective
,
obtuse
,
out of touch
,
passionless
,
self-absorbed
,
senseless
,
spiritless
,
unaffectionate
,
unanimated
,
unconscious
,
unemotional
,
unfeeling
,
unimpassioned
,
unimpressionable
,
unloving
,
unpassionate
,
unresponding
,
unresponsive
,
unsusceptible
,
unsympathetic
,
untouchable
play down
collapse
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
bank the fire
,
bedwarf
,
belittle
,
blunt
,
chasten
,
constrain
,
control
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
downplay
,
dull
,
dwarf
,
extenuate
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minify
,
minimize
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mute
,
obtund
,
palliate
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
restrain
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
underplay
,
weaken
dumbstruck
collapse
related words >
agape
,
aghast
,
agog
,
all agog
,
amazed
,
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
astonished
,
astounded
,
at gaze
,
awed
,
awestruck
,
beguiled
,
bewildered
,
bewitched
,
breathless
,
captivated
,
confounded
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
enchanted
,
enraptured
,
enravished
,
enthralled
,
entranced
,
fascinated
,
flabbergasted
,
gaping
,
gauping
,
gazing
,
hypnotized
,
in awe
,
in awe of
,
inarticulate
,
lost in wonder
,
marveling
,
mesmerized
,
mum
,
mute
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
overwhelmed
,
popeyed
,
puzzled
,
rapt in wonder
,
speechless
,
spellbound
,
staggered
,
staring
,
stricken dumb
,
stupefied
,
surprised
,
thunderstruck
,
tongue-tied
,
tongueless
,
under a charm
,
voiceless
,
wide-eyed
,
wonder-struck
,
wondering
,
wordless
wordless
collapse
related words >
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
implicit
,
implied
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
inferred
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
reticent
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
stricken dumb
,
tacit
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
tongueless
,
uncommunicative
,
undeclared
,
understood
,
unexpressed
,
unloquacious
,
unmentioned
,
unproclaimed
,
unpronounced
,
unpublished
,
unrecorded
,
unsaid
,
unspoken
,
unsung
,
untalkative
,
untalked-of
,
untold
,
unuttered
,
unvoiced
,
unwritten
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
shut up
collapse
related words >
anchoritic
,
answer
,
answer conclusively
,
argue down
,
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
be mute
,
be silent
,
beleaguer
,
beset
,
besiege
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
bottle up
,
bound
,
box in
,
box up
,
button
,
button up
,
cage
,
cease
,
chamber
,
check
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clap
,
cloister
,
cloistered
,
close
,
close down
,
close in
,
close shop
,
close up
,
compass
,
confine
,
confound
,
confute
,
constrain
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
contradict
,
controvert
,
coop
,
coop in
,
coop up
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
cork up
,
corral
,
cover
,
crib
,
crush
,
defeat
,
demolish
,
deny
,
detain
,
dismiss
,
dispose of
,
domestic
,
dry up
,
dummy up
,
encage
,
encircle
,
enclose
,
encompass
,
enshrine
,
eremitic
,
fasten
,
fence in
,
finish
,
floor
,
fold
,
fold up
,
forswear speech
,
hedge in
,
hem in
,
hermitic
,
hermitish
,
hold
,
hold in custody
,
hold in restraint
,
house in
,
hush
,
immure
,
impound
,
imprison
,
incarcerate
,
include
,
inhibit
,
jail
,
keep in
,
keep in custody
,
keep in detention
,
keep mum
,
keep quiet
,
keep silent
,
keep still
,
kennel
,
key
,
latch
,
leaguer
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
make no sign
,
mew
,
mew up
,
nonplus
,
occlude
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
padlock
,
parry
,
pen
,
pen in
,
pen up
,
pipe down
,
play dumb
,
plumb
,
pocket
,
pound
,
put to silence
,
quarantine
,
quiet
,
quiet down
,
quieten
,
rail in
,
rebut
,
recluse
,
reduce to silence
,
refute
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
say nothing
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
sequestered
,
settle
,
shackle
,
shrine
,
shush
,
shut
,
shut down
,
shut in
,
shut the door
,
shut up shop
,
shutter
,
silence
,
slam
,
smash all opposition
,
snap
,
soft-pedal
,
squash
,
squeeze shut
,
squelch
,
stable
,
stand mute
,
stay-at-home
,
still
,
strangle
,
subvert
,
surround
,
undermine
,
upset
,
wall in
,
wrap
,
yard
,
yard up
,
zip up
,
zipper
taciturn
collapse
habitually reserved and uncommunicative
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aposiopestic
,
brief
,
brooding
,
brusque
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
curt
,
cut
,
docked
,
dour
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
reticent
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
truncated
,
uncommunicative
,
unexpressive
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
stunned
collapse
related words >
aghast
,
appalled
,
ashen
,
astounded
,
awed
,
awestricken
,
awestruck
,
blanched
,
cowed
,
dazed
,
deadly pale
,
deaf
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf-eared
,
deaf-mute
,
deafened
,
dull-eared
,
earless
,
frozen
,
gray with fear
,
hard of hearing
,
horrified
,
horror-struck
,
intimidated
,
pale as death
,
pallid
,
paralyzed
,
petrified
,
scared stiff
,
scared to death
,
stone-deaf
,
stupefied
,
surd
,
terrified
,
terror-crazed
,
terror-haunted
,
terror-ridden
,
terror-riven
,
terror-shaken
,
terror-smitten
,
terror-struck
,
terror-troubled
,
thick of hearing
,
tone-deaf
,
undone
,
unhearing
,
unmanned
,
unnerved
,
unstrung
,
word-deaf
concise
collapse
expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aposiopestic
,
brief
,
brusque
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
cogent
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
curtal
,
curtate
,
cut
,
decurtate
,
direct
,
docked
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
indisposed to talk
,
instantaneous
,
laconic
,
little
,
low
,
mum
,
mute
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
synoptic
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
transient
,
trenchant
,
truncated
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
walk on
collapse
related words >
actor
,
antagonist
,
antihero
,
bit
,
bit part
,
bit player
,
cast
,
character
,
cue
,
extra
,
fat part
,
feeder
,
figurant
,
figurante
,
heavy
,
hero
,
heroine
,
ingenue
,
lead
,
lead role
,
leading lady
,
leading man
,
leading woman
,
lines
,
mute
,
part
,
person
,
personage
,
piece
,
protagonist
,
role
,
side
,
soubrette
,
spear-carrier
,
stand-in
,
standby
,
straight part
,
substitute
,
supe
,
super
,
supernumerary
,
support
,
supporting actor
,
supporting cast
,
supporting character
,
supporting role
,
title role
,
understudy
,
villain
,
walking gentleman
,
walking part
dumbfounded
collapse
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
related words >
agape
,
aghast
,
agog
,
all agog
,
amazed
,
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
astonished
,
astounded
,
at gaze
,
awed
,
awestruck
,
baffled
,
beguiled
,
bemused
,
bewildered
,
bewitched
,
breathless
,
captivated
,
confounded
,
confused
,
dazed
,
dazzled
,
disconcerted
,
dismayed
,
dumb
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
enchanted
,
enraptured
,
enravished
,
enthralled
,
entranced
,
fascinated
,
flabbergasted
,
floored
,
gaping
,
gauping
,
gazing
,
hypnotized
,
in awe
,
in awe of
,
inarticulate
,
knocked out
,
lost in wonder
,
marveling
,
mesmerized
,
mum
,
mute
,
nonplussed
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
overwhelmed
,
perplexed
,
popeyed
,
puzzled
,
rapt in wonder
,
shocked
,
speechless
,
spellbound
,
staggered
,
staring
,
startled
,
stricken dumb
,
stunned
,
stupefied
,
surprised
,
taken aback
,
thunderstruck
,
tongue-tied
,
tongueless
,
under a charm
,
voiceless
,
wide-eyed
,
wonder-struck
,
wondering
,
wordless
diphthong
collapse
a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
related words >
allophone
,
alveolar
,
apico-alveolar
,
apico-dental
,
articulation
,
aspiration
,
assimilation
,
bilabial
,
cacuminal
,
cerebral
,
check
,
consonant
,
continuant
,
dental
,
dissimilation
,
epenthetic vowel
,
explosive
,
glide
,
glottal
,
glottalization
,
guttural
,
labial
,
labialization
,
labiodental
,
labiovelar
,
laryngeal
,
lateral
,
lingual
,
liquid
,
manner of articulation
,
modification
,
monophthong
,
morphophoneme
,
mute
,
nasal
,
occlusive
,
palatal
,
parasitic vowel
,
peak
,
pharyngeal
,
pharyngealization
,
phone
,
phoneme
,
plosive
,
prothetic vowel
,
retroflex
,
segmental phoneme
,
semivowel
,
sonant
,
sonority
,
speech sound
,
stop
,
surd
,
syllabic nucleus
,
syllabic peak
,
syllable
,
transition sound
,
triphthong
,
velar
,
vocable
,
vocalic
,
vocoid
,
voice
,
voiced sound
,
voiceless sound
,
voicing
,
vowel
phoneme
collapse
(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
related words >
allophone
,
alveolar
,
apico-alveolar
,
apico-dental
,
articulation
,
aspiration
,
assimilation
,
bilabial
,
cacuminal
,
cerebral
,
check
,
consonant
,
continuant
,
dental
,
diphthong
,
dissimilation
,
epenthetic vowel
,
explosive
,
glide
,
glottal
,
glottalization
,
guttural
,
labial
,
labialization
,
labiodental
,
labiovelar
,
laryngeal
,
lateral
,
lingual
,
liquid
,
manner of articulation
,
modification
,
monophthong
,
morphophoneme
,
mute
,
nasal
,
occlusive
,
palatal
,
parasitic vowel
,
peak
,
pharyngeal
,
pharyngealization
,
phone
,
plosive
,
prothetic vowel
,
retroflex
,
segmental phoneme
,
semivowel
,
sonant
,
sonority
,
speech sound
,
stop
,
surd
,
syllabic nucleus
,
syllabic peak
,
syllable
,
transition sound
,
triphthong
,
velar
,
vocable
,
vocalic
,
vocoid
,
voice
,
voiced sound
,
voiceless sound
,
voicing
,
vowel
deaf
collapse
people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
related words >
authoritarian
,
bigot
,
bigoted
,
blind
,
borne
,
bullheaded
,
closed
,
constricted
,
cramped
,
creedbound
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf to reason
,
deaf-eared
,
deaf-mute
,
deafened
,
dogmatic
,
dull-eared
,
earless
,
fanatical
,
hard of hearing
,
headstrong
,
heedless
,
hidebound
,
illiberal
,
impervious
,
indifferent
,
insensible
,
insensitive
,
insular
,
intractable
,
little
,
little-minded
,
mean
,
mean-minded
,
mean-spirited
,
mulish
,
narrow
,
narrow-hearted
,
narrow-minded
,
narrow-souled
,
narrow-spirited
,
nearsighted
,
oblivious
,
parochial
,
pertinacious
,
perverse
,
petty
,
pigheaded
,
positive
,
preoccupied
,
provincial
,
purblind
,
self-willed
,
shortsighted
,
small
,
small-minded
,
stone-deaf
,
straitlaced
,
stubborn
,
stuffy
,
stunned
,
surd
,
thick of hearing
,
tone-deaf
,
uncatholic
,
uncharitable
,
unconcerned
,
unconscious
,
ungenerous
,
unhearing
,
unheedful
,
unliberal
,
unmoved
,
unpersuadable
,
unresponsive
,
unyielding
,
word-deaf
documentation
collapse
documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones"
confirmation that some fact or statement is true
related words >
account
,
affirmation
,
annals
,
attestation
,
authentication
,
backing
,
backing up
,
basis for belief
,
bearing out
,
body of evidence
,
bolstering
,
buttressing
,
catalog
,
certification
,
chain of evidence
,
chronicle
,
circumstantiation
,
clue
,
confirmation
,
correspondence
,
corroboration
,
corroboratory evidence
,
data
,
datum
,
evidence
,
exhibit
,
fact
,
facts
,
fortification
,
grounds
,
grounds for belief
,
history
,
indication
,
inventory
,
item of evidence
,
letters
,
list
,
manifestation
,
mark
,
material grounds
,
memorial
,
muniments
,
mute witness
,
piece of evidence
,
pipe roll
,
premises
,
proof
,
proving
,
proving out
,
ratification
,
reason to believe
,
record
,
recording
,
register
,
registry
,
reinforcement
,
relevant fact
,
relic
,
remains
,
roll
,
rolls
,
roster
,
rota
,
scroll
,
sign
,
strengthening
,
substantiation
,
support
,
supporting evidence
,
symptom
,
table
,
token
,
trace
,
undergirding
,
validation
,
verification
,
vestige
curt
collapse
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abrupt
,
aggressive
,
aposiopestic
,
bearish
,
beastly
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
brash
,
brief
,
brusque
,
cavalier
,
churlish
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
crusty
,
curtal
,
curtate
,
cut
,
decurtate
,
docked
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
gnomic
,
gruff
,
harsh
,
imperious
,
indisposed to talk
,
instantaneous
,
laconic
,
little
,
low
,
mum
,
mute
,
peremptory
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
rough
,
rude
,
sententious
,
severe
,
sharp
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
snappish
,
snippety
,
snippy
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
succinct
,
summary
,
surly
,
synopsized
,
synoptic
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
transient
,
truculent
,
truncated
,
unceremonious
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
surd
collapse
a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
related words >
Gaussian integer
,
accented
,
algebraic number
,
algorismic
,
algorithmic
,
aliquot
,
allophone
,
alveolar
,
apical
,
apico-alveolar
,
apico-dental
,
articulated
,
articulation
,
aspiration
,
assimilated
,
assimilation
,
back
,
barytone
,
bilabial
,
broad
,
cacuminal
,
cardinal
,
cardinal number
,
central
,
cerebral
,
check
,
checked
,
close
,
complex number
,
consonant
,
consonantal
,
continuant
,
deaf
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf-eared
,
deaf-mute
,
deafened
,
decimal
,
defective number
,
dental
,
differential
,
digital
,
diphthong
,
dissimilated
,
dissimilation
,
dorsal
,
dull-eared
,
earless
,
epenthetic vowel
,
even
,
even number
,
explosive
,
exponential
,
figural
,
figurate
,
figurative
,
finite
,
finite number
,
flat
,
fraction
,
fractional
,
front
,
glide
,
glossal
,
glottal
,
glottalization
,
guttural
,
hard
,
hard of hearing
,
heavy
,
high
,
imaginary
,
imaginary number
,
impair
,
impossible
,
infinite
,
infinity
,
integer
,
integral
,
intonated
,
irrational
,
irrational number
,
labial
,
labialization
,
labiodental
,
labiovelar
,
laryngeal
,
lateral
,
lax
,
light
,
lingual
,
liquid
,
logarithmic
,
logometric
,
low
,
manner of articulation
,
mid
,
mixed number
,
modification
,
monophthong
,
monophthongal
,
morphophoneme
,
mute
,
muted
,
narrow
,
nasal
,
nasalized
,
negative
,
numeral
,
numerary
,
numerative
,
numeric
,
occlusive
,
odd
,
open
,
ordinal
,
oxytone
,
pair
,
palatal
,
palatalized
,
parasitic vowel
,
peak
,
pharyngeal
,
pharyngealization
,
pharyngealized
,
phone
,
phoneme
,
phonemic
,
phonetic
,
phonic
,
pitch
,
pitched
,
plosive
,
polygonal number
,
positive
,
possible
,
posttonic
,
prime
,
prime number
,
prothetic vowel
,
pure imaginary
,
radical
,
rational
,
rational number
,
real
,
real number
,
reciprocal
,
rectangular number
,
retroflex
,
round number
,
rounded
,
segmental phoneme
,
semivowel
,
serial number
,
soft
,
sonant
,
sonority
,
speech sound
,
stone-deaf
,
stop
,
stopped
,
stressed
,
strong
,
stunned
,
submultiple
,
syllabic
,
syllabic nucleus
,
syllabic peak
,
syllable
,
tense
,
thick
,
thick of hearing
,
throaty
,
tonal
,
tone-deaf
,
tonic
,
transcendental
,
transcendental number
,
transfinite number
,
transition sound
,
triphthong
,
twangy
,
unaccented
,
unhearing
,
unrounded
,
unstressed
,
velar
,
vocable
,
vocalic
,
vocoid
,
voice
,
voiced
,
voiced sound
,
voiceless
,
voiceless sound
,
voicing
,
vowel
,
vowellike
,
weak
,
whole number
,
wide
,
word-deaf
silent
collapse
having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle"
not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still"
related words >
aphonic
,
brief
,
brusque
,
calm
,
checked
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curbed
,
curt
,
dumb
,
echoless
,
economical of words
,
hush as death
,
hushed
,
implicit
,
implied
,
inactive
,
inarticulate
,
inaudible
,
incoherent
,
indisposed to talk
,
inhibited
,
laconic
,
mousy
,
mum
,
mute
,
muted
,
noiseless
,
pacific
,
passive
,
peaceful
,
placid
,
quiescent
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
restrained
,
reticent
,
secretive
,
serene
,
short
,
sleeping
,
snug
,
soundless
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
still
,
still as death
,
stilly
,
subaudible
,
tacit
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
tranquil
,
unagitated
,
unarticulated
,
uncommunicative
,
undeclared
,
understood
,
undisturbed
,
unexpressed
,
unhearable
,
unloquacious
,
unmentioned
,
unproclaimed
,
unpronounced
,
unpublished
,
unrecorded
,
unruffled
,
unsaid
,
unsociable
,
unsounded
,
unspoken
,
unstated
,
unsung
,
untalkative
,
untalked-of
,
untold
,
untroubled
,
unuttered
,
unvocalized
,
unvoiced
,
unwritten
,
voiceless
,
whist
,
word-bound
,
wordless
sonority
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related words >
allophone
,
alveolar
,
apico-alveolar
,
apico-dental
,
articulation
,
aspiration
,
assimilation
,
bassness
,
bilabial
,
cacuminal
,
cerebral
,
check
,
consonant
,
continuant
,
crescendo
,
deepness
,
dental
,
diphthong
,
dissimilation
,
epenthetic vowel
,
explosive
,
fullness
,
glide
,
glottal
,
glottalization
,
guttural
,
hollowness
,
intensity
,
labial
,
labialization
,
labiodental
,
labiovelar
,
laryngeal
,
lateral
,
lingual
,
liquid
,
loudishness
,
loudness
,
lowness
,
manner of articulation
,
mellowness
,
modification
,
monophthong
,
morphophoneme
,
mute
,
nasal
,
occlusive
,
palatal
,
parasitic vowel
,
peak
,
pharyngeal
,
pharyngealization
,
phone
,
phoneme
,
plangency
,
plosive
,
prothetic vowel
,
resonance
,
retroflex
,
richness
,
segmental phoneme
,
semivowel
,
sonant
,
sonorousness
,
speech sound
,
stop
,
surd
,
surge
,
surge of sound
,
swell
,
swelling
,
syllabic nucleus
,
syllabic peak
,
syllable
,
transition sound
,
triphthong
,
velar
,
vibrancy
,
vocable
,
vocalic
,
vocoid
,
voice
,
voiced sound
,
voiceless sound
,
voicing
,
volume
,
vowel
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