mute

Examples

• All

• Was she a mute, he wondered, accepting the sheet.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Three women and two men sitting, staring mute at the floor.

  Academic text (2008)

• You must be the brother of the mute.

  Paris, Texas (1984)

• A deaf mute could close this deal.

  A Thousand Words (2012)

• Hey, you're not a mute, are you?

  The Boys in the Boat (2023)

• One of these five persons is a deaf mute, John Singer, and it is around him that the whole book pivots.

  Fiction book (2002)

• In our family, there were six deaf-mutes—three boys and three girls.

  Fiction book (1997)

• We settled into a companionship of untouched life, like two deaf mutes in parallel universes.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The miracles continued for three full days as the infirm were released of their fevers, mutes received speech, the crippled were healed, and the insane gained sanity.

  Academic text (2018)

• The community center offers classes for parents of mutes to help them communicate with their children.

Antonyms

S

speaker

478 2.1

A person who gives a talk to an audience

C

communicator

78 3.2

A person who explains ideas or information clearly to others

Compounds

D

deaf-mute

• Slur

5 9.9

An old, offensive term for a person who cannot hear or speak

M

mute swan

4.6

A large white bird with a long neck that lives on lakes and rivers and is quieter than other swans

Surface Forms

Etymology