NUMB: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for NUMB?

Need another word that means the same as “numb”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “numb” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Numb” are: dead, asleep, benumbed, deprived of sensation, numbed, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, senseless, unfeeling, benumb, blunt, dull, deadening, bitter, deaden, deprive of sensation, desensitize, render insensitive

Numb as a Verb

Definitions of "Numb" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “numb” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make numb or insensitive.
• Deprive of feeling or responsiveness.
• Cause (a sensation) to be felt less intensely; deaden.

Synonyms of "Numb" as a verb (9 Words)

benumb	Deprive of physical or emotional feeling. It began with a government campaign of hysteria to confuse and benumb the population.
bitter	Make bitter.
blunt	Make dull or blunt. Blunted emotions.
deaden	Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients. The syllabus has deadened the teaching process.
deadening	Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil.
deprive of sensation	Take away.
desensitize	Make insensitive. His military training desensitized him.
dull	Make dull or blunt. The varnished table top dulled with time.
render insensitive	Bestow.

Usage Examples of "Numb" as a verb

• The shock numbed her senses.
• The cold had numbed her senses.
• Vodka might numb the pain in my hand.

Numb as an Adjective

Definitions of "Numb" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “numb” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Unable to think, feel, or respond normally.
• Not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive.
• Lacking sensation.
• (of a part of the body) deprived of the power of physical sensation.
• So frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified.
• (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive.

Synonyms of "Numb" as an adjective (11 Words)

asleep	In a state of sleep. The competition was not asleep.
benumbed	Lacking sensation. A hoarse shout cut through his benumbed senses.
dead	(of a piece of equipment) no longer functioning. Far from being dead money it is available to be spent or invested.
deadened	Devoid of physical sensation; numb. She felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth.
deprived of sensation	Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences.
desensitized	Having been made less sensitive. Desensitized taste buds.
insensate	Lacking physical sensation. A patient who was permanently unconscious and insensate.
insensible	(of a person or bodily extremity) without feeling; numb. They knocked each other insensible with their fists.
numbed	So frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified.
senseless	Lacking common sense; wildly foolish. It was as senseless as crossing Death Valley on foot.
unfeeling	Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous. My mother is a cold unfeeling woman.

Usage Examples of "Numb" as an adjective

• My feet were numb with cold.
• Numb to the cries for mercy.
• Too numb with fear to move.
• Numb with cold.
• The tragic events left us shocked and numb.

Associations of "Numb" (30 Words)

anesthetic	Characterized by insensibility. An anesthetic state.
benighted	In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance. Benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
blunt	Make dull or blunt. Thick marks made by a blunt pencil.
bored	Feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one’s current activity. Bored teenagers.
boredom	The state of feeling bored. I ll die of boredom if I live that long.
callosity	An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot.
callous	Make insensitive or callous deaden feelings or morals. A callous indifference to suffering.
crass	(of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility. An act of crass stupidity.
dull	Make dull or blunt. Shares closed weaker after a day of dull trading.
ennui	The feeling of being bored by something tedious. He succumbed to ennui and despair.
folly	Foolish or senseless behavior. Trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly.
freezing	The freezing point of water 0 C. He was freezing and miserable.
icy	Very unfriendly; hostile. Her voice was icy.
indifference	The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally. It cannot be regarded as a matter of indifference.
indifferent	Being neither good nor bad. An indifferent chemical in a reaction.
insensate	Completely lacking sense or reason. A patient who was permanently unconscious and insensate.
insensible	Too small or gradual to be perceived; inappreciable. They knocked each other insensible with their fists.
insensitive	Not aware of or able to respond to something. Insensitive to the needs of the patients.
monotony	The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety. You can become resigned to the monotony of captivity.
obtuse	Lacking in insight or discernment. An obtuse angle of 150.
senseless	(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment. It was as senseless as crossing Death Valley on foot.
silly	A word used for misbehaving children. A silly idea.
standoffish	Lacking cordiality; unfriendly. A standoffish manner.
tedium	Dullness owing to length or slowness. The tedium of car journeys.
unconscious	Unaware of. Horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious.
undiscerning	Lacking judgement, insight, or taste. An undiscerning audience.
wanton	A sexually unrestrained woman. Wanton behavior.
witless	(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment. I was scared witless.