mute
Trumpet's tone softener
Mute means silent or unable to speak.
A mute person cannot produce speech; a mute button silences audio.
As a noun, a mute is a device that dampens sound from a musical instrument: The trumpeter inserted a mute.
To mute is to soften or silence: She muted the TV during commercials.
Muted colors are subdued rather than vibrant.
The older use of mute to describe people who cannot speak is now often considered offensive; deaf communities prefer terms like nonverbal or nonspeaking.
Producing no audible noise
- noiselessProducing no sound
- voicelessHaving no voice
- speechlessUnable to talk
- wordlessLacking spoken content
hushed · inaudible · quiet · still · unheard · taciturn · reticent · tongue-tied
Deaden or suppress sound
- softenMake less firm
- deadenDiminish force or sensation
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- stifleSuppress or restrain
damper · muffler · silencer · soundproofing · acoustic · absorb · buffer · cushion
Audio input device
- volumeAmount of space filled
- remoteDistant or controller
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- zoomRapid movement or magnification
icon · toggle · click · tap · speaker · audio · control · settings
Understood without being stated
- tacitUnderstood without words
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
- unstatedNot openly expressed
- unutteredNot expressed aloud
unarticulated · undeclared · implied · unvoiced · hidden · indirect · suppressed · withheld
Not using speech
- sign-languageCommunication through gestures
- voicelessnessLack of spoken sound
- aphasiaNeurological language impairment
- nonspeakingNot using oral language
soundless
Producing no audible noise
- noiselessProducing no sound
- voicelessHaving no voice
- speechlessUnable to talk
wordless · hushed · inaudible · quiet · still · unheard · taciturn · reticent · tongue-tied · dumb
muffle
Deaden or suppress sound
stifle · damper · muffler · silencer · soundproofing · acoustic · absorb · buffer · cushion · baffle
microphone
Audio input device
- volumeAmount of space filled
- remoteDistant or controller
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
zoom · icon · toggle · click · tap · speaker · audio · control · settings
implicit
Understood without being stated
- tacitUnderstood without words
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
- unstatedNot openly expressed
unuttered · unarticulated · undeclared · implied · unvoiced · hidden · indirect · suppressed · withheld · understood
nonverbal
Not using speech
- sign-languageCommunication through gestures
- voicelessnessLack of spoken sound
- aphasiaNeurological language impairment
- audiosound, headphones, audio track, volume control, sound recording
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- long vowel wordslong a, long e, long i, long o, long u
- Audio/Video Termsstereo, mono, HD, 4K, surround sound
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, call, dial tone, phone lines
- audio controlsplay, pause, stop, record, rewind
mutespeaking
Oral expression of language
vocal · talkative · talking · verbal · loquacious
mutearticulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
eloquent · expressive · communicative · fluent · outspoken
- mutual friendPerson known to both parties
- mute buttonControl that kills audio
- mutual respectTwo-way esteem between parties
- mutual trustShared belief in reliability
- mutual supportAid flowing both directions
- mutual fundPooled, managed investment vehicle
muted, mutual, commute, commuter, mutation, immutable, mutilate, commuting, mutilated