Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deaf

1 sense of deaf

Sense 1
deaf -- (people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language")
       => people -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb deaf

1 sense of deaf

Sense 1
deafen, deaf -- (make or render deaf; "a deafening noise")
       => desensitize, desensitise -- (cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized")

Antonyms of adj deaf

2 senses of deaf

Sense 1
deaf (vs. hearing) -- (lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part)

hearing(prenominal) (vs. deaf) -- (able to perceive sound)
        => sharp-eared, quick-eared -- (having keen hearing)

Sense 2
deaf (predicate), indifferent (predicate) -- ((usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings")

INDIRECT (VIA heedless) -> heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attention -- (taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing")

Similarity of adj deaf

2 senses of deaf

Sense 1
deaf (vs. hearing) -- (lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part)
       => deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute -- (lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak)
       => deafened -- (caused to hear poorly or not at all)
       => hard-of-hearing, hearing-impaired -- (having a hearing loss)
       => profoundly deaf, stone-deaf, deaf as a post, unhearing -- (totally deaf; unable to hear anything)
       => tone-deaf -- (unable to appreciate music)

Sense 2
deaf (predicate), indifferent (predicate) -- ((usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings")
       => heedless (vs. heedful), unheeding -- (marked by or paying little heed or attention; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying")