deaf-and-dumb

Questions about deaf-and-dumb

What is another word for deaf-and-dumb?

It depends which deaf-and-dumb you mean. In the sense “lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak”, the synonyms are deaf-mute. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of deaf-and-dumb?

WordNet records no antonym for deaf-and-dumb. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for deaf-and-dumb come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of deaf-and-dumb

• Full entry for deaf-and-dumbAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for deaf-and-dumbWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.