The difference between Dumb and Stupid

When used as adjectives, dumb means unable to speak, whereas stupid means lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.


Dumb is also verb with the meaning: to silence.

Stupid is also noun with the meaning: a stupid person.

Stupid is also adverb with the meaning: extremely.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dumb and Stupid

  1. Dumb as an adjective (dated):

    Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").

    Examples:

    "His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language."

  2. Dumb as an adjective (dated):

    Silent; unaccompanied by words.

    Examples:

    "dumb show"

  3. Dumb as an adjective (informal, pejorative, especially of a person):

    extremely stupid.

    Examples:

    "You are so dumb! You don't even know how to make toast!"

  4. Dumb as an adjective (figuratively):

    Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

    Examples:

    "This is dumb! We're driving in circles! We should have asked for directions an hour ago!"

    "Brendan had the dumb job of moving boxes from one conveyor belt to another."

  5. Dumb as an adjective:

    Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour.

  1. Dumb as a verb:

    To silence.

  2. Dumb as a verb (transitive):

    To make stupid.

  3. Dumb as a verb (transitive):

    To represent as stupid.

  4. Dumb as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce the intellectual demands of.

  1. Stupid as an adjective:

    Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

    Examples:

    "Because it's a big [[stupid]] jellyfish!"

  2. Stupid as an adjective:

    To the point of stupor.

    Examples:

    "Neurobiology bores me stupid."

  3. Stupid as an adjective (archaic):

    Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.

  4. Stupid as an adjective (archaic):

    Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.

  5. Stupid as an adjective:

    dulled in feeling or sensation; torpid

  6. Stupid as an adjective (slang):

    Amazing.

    Examples:

    "That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!"

  7. Stupid as an adjective (slang):

    damn, annoying, darn

    Examples:

    "I fell over the [[stupid]] wire."

  1. Stupid as an adverb (slang):

    Extremely.

    Examples:

    "My gear is stupid fly."

  1. Stupid as a noun:

    A stupid person; a fool.

  2. Stupid as a noun (colloquial, uncountable):

    The state or condition of being stupid.

    Examples:

    "His stupid knows no bounds."