Synonyms: mute
Definition: a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
Similar words: acoustic device
Definition: a device for amplifying or transmitting sound
Synonyms: mute, deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute
Definition: a deaf person who is unable to speak
Similar words: deaf person
Definition: a person with a severe auditory impairment
Synonyms: tone down, dull, damp, dampen, muffle, mute
Definition: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Similar words: soften
Definition: make (images or sounds) soft or softer
Definition: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Similar words: unarticulate, inarticulate
Definition: without or deprived of the use of speech or words
Usage: inarticulate beasts; remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal; inarticulate with rage; an inarticulate cry
Synonyms: tongueless, wordless, unspoken, mute
Definition: expressed without speech
Usage: 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
Similar words: unarticulate, inarticulate
Definition: without or deprived of the use of speech or words
Usage: inarticulate beasts; remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal; inarticulate with rage; an inarticulate cry