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Definitions for Mute

[1] silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
[2] not emitting or having sound of any kind.
[3] incapable of speech; dumb.
[4] (of letters) silent; not pronounced.
[5] Law . (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase to stand mute ).
[6] Fox Hunting . (of a hound) hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.
[7] Offensive . a person incapable of speech.
[8] an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.
[9] Law . a person who stands mute when arraigned.
[10] Also called sordino. a mechanical device of various shapes and materials for muffling the tone of a musical instrument.
[11] Phonetics . a stop.
[12] British Obsolete . a hired mourner at a funeral; a professional mourner.
[13] to deaden or muffle the sound of.
[14] to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color.
[15] not giving out sound or speech; silent
[16] unable to speak; dumb
[17] unspoken or unexpressed mute dislike
[18] law (of a person arraigned on indictment) refusing to answer a charge
[19] phonetics another word for plosive
[20] (of a letter in a word) silent
[21] a person who is unable to speak
[22] law a person who refuses to plead when arraigned on indictment for an offence
[23] any of various devices used to soften the tone of stringed or brass instruments
[24] phonetics a plosive consonant; stop
[25] a silent letter
[26] an actor in a dumb show
[27] a hired mourner at a funeral
[28] to reduce the volume of (a musical instrument) by means of a mute, soft pedal, etc
[29] to subdue the strength of (a colour, tone, lighting, etc)
[30] (of birds) to discharge (faeces)
[31] birds' faeces

Words related to Mute

silent, speechless, dampen, subdue, soften, tongue-tied, silenced, quiet, muffled, mum, aphasic, muzzle, lower, benumb, soft-pedal, reduce, hush, drown, gag, deaden

Words nearby Mute

mutato nomine, mutazila, mutazilite, mutch, mutchkin, mute, mute swan, muted, mutein, mutha, muti

Origin of Mute

1325–75; < Latin mūtus dumb; replacing Middle English muet < Middle French, equivalent to Old French mu (< Latin mūtus ) + unexplained suffix -et; cf. -et

Words that may be confused with Mute

moot, mute

Other words from Mute

mute·ly , adverb
mute·ness , noun

Word origin for Mute

C15: from Old French meutir, variant of esmeltir, of Germanic origin; probably related to smelt 1 and melt

Synonyms for Mute

silent, speechless, aphasic, muffled, mum, quiet, silenced, tongue-tied, aphasiac, aphonic, tongueless, unexpressed, unpronounced, unsounded, unspeaking, unspoken, voiceless, wordless