Synonyms for dumbness
All synonyms
Noun
1. Denseness
Other
stupidity, silence, muteness, speechlessness, obmutescence, dumbhood
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
Related words
- Word family
- dumb
- Phrases
- artificial dumbness
Forms
- Plural
- dumbnesses → densenesses, stupidities, silences, mutenesses…
Example sentences
- stupidity There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dumbness | steady | |
| denseness | steady | |
| stupidity | rising | |
| muteness | rising | |
| speechlessness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- silence2
- 8 letters
- muteness, dumbhood
- 9 letters
- stupidity4, denseness
- 12 letters
- obmutescence
- 14 letters
- speechlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silence2 = 2 syllables).