Synonyms for muteness
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The characteristic of being mute.
Forms
- Plural
- mutenesses → silences, speechlessnesses, mutisms, dumbnesses…
Example sentences
- silence We were awed into silence when we heard the story.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| muteness | rising | |
| silence | rising | |
| mutism | rising | |
| speechlessness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- mutism
- 7 letters
- silence2
- 8 letters
- dumbness
- 14 letters
- speechlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silence2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mutité