mute

nouns

a deaf person who is unable to speak
deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute, mute
a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
mute
is a type of (narrower)
a device for amplifying or transmitting sound
acoustic device

verbs

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
damp, dampen, dull, muffle, mute, tone down

adjectives

expressed without speech
"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
mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless
is derived from
muteness
is derived from
muteness
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
dumb, mute, silent
is derived from
muteness