Synonyms for deaf
dɛfdeaf

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1. deafadjective

   Synonyms:
   hearing-impaired, hard of hearing

2. Deafadjective

   Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages.

   Synonyms:
   hearing-impaired, hard of hearing

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1. deaf

   Synonyms:
   cold, dead, ignorant, insensible, unaware, unconscious

   Antonyms:
   advised, apprised, assured, aware, certain, certified, cognizant, conscious, informed, sensible, sure

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1. deaf

   Synonyms:
   surd, hard of hearing, disinclined, averse, inexorable, insensible, rumbling, inaudible, heedless, dead

   Antonyms:
   acute, listening, disposed, interested, attentive, willing, susceptible, sensible, alive

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. deafadjective

   people who have severe hearing impairments

   "many of the deaf use sign language"

   Antonyms:
   quick-eared, heedful, thoughtful, attentive, sharp-eared, hearing(a), paying attention

2. deafadjective

   lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part

   Synonyms:
   indifferent(p), deaf(p)

   Antonyms:
   sharp-eared, heedful, thoughtful, paying attention, quick-eared, attentive, hearing(a)

3. deaf(p), indifferent(p)verb

   (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed

   "deaf to her warnings"

   Antonyms:
   heedful, thoughtful, attentive, sharp-eared, quick-eared, hearing(a), paying attention

4. deafen, deafverb

   make or render deaf

   "a deafening noise"

   Synonyms:
   deafen

   Antonyms:
   thoughtful, sharp-eared, paying attention, hearing(a), heedful, attentive, quick-eared

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1. deafadjective

   Synonyms:
   hard of bearing, dull of hearing

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1. List of paraphrases for "deaf":

   sourds, muffled, taub, deafness, deafened, thump, hearing-impaired

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1. Justin Bamberg:

   Look at who these victims are. Who steals from a deaf kid? let alone the fact that he's now a quadriplegic and is on a ventilator. That’s the type of person that they did this stuff to.

2. Loni Steele Sosthand:

   Having a brother, who is just a year older, who was born deaf, really shaped who I am as a person. So it is a story not just close to my heart, but to my identity, there are many autobiographical themes in the episode regarding the tension between a love of music and loved ones who are deaf -- themes also present in.

3. Steve Scalise:

   This legislation comes to the House precisely as Senate Democrats have allegedly struck a deal on their partisan reconciliation bill, pairing up a tone-deaf agenda that on one hand gives billions away in corporate handouts, and on the other hand undoes historic tax cuts implemented by Republicans.

4. Olga Rudenko:

   That was completely tone-deaf to the situation, and done in a very patronizing tone... As a Ukrainian he is failing me personally from a communication point of view, we don't know what to believe.

5. Wesley D'Amico:

   Love is not blind, it is not deaf and it is not cheap.