Textual thesaurus for "mute"

(adj) dumb, silent

unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

(adj) tongueless, wordless, unspoken

expressed without speech

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

(noun) deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute

a deaf person who is unable to speak

(verb) tone down, dull, damp, dampen, muffle

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping