Definition for Numb:

• Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.

Synonyms for Numb:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • numb.
  •dead (adjective)
  • anesthetized,
  • insipid.
  •deadened, insensitive (adjective)
  • indifferent,
  • dazed,
  • detached,
  • uninterested,
  • Numbed,
  • casual,
  • incurious,
  • callous,
  • unconscious,
  • phlegmatic,
  • listless,
  • unfeeling,
  • senseless,
  • aloof,
  • insensible,
  • apathetic,
  • insentient,
  • comatose,
  • lethargic,
  • unconcerned,
  • uncurious,
  • remote,
  • disinterested,
  • immobilized.
  •frightened (adjective)
  • in a sweat,
  • in a panic,
  • Butterflies,
  • running scared,
  • rabbity,
  • Chicken-hearted,
  • unnerved,
  • in a cold sweat,
  • jellyfish,
  • have cold feet,
  • pushing the panic button,
  • having kittens,
  • scared stiff,
  • terror-stricken.
  •frozen (adjective)
  • more icecovered,
  • more chilled,
  • more frosted,
  • most iced,
  • more ice covered,
  • most antarctic,
  • most icecovered,
  • icecold,
  • more iced,
  • most ice covered,
  • more icebound,
  • more siberian,
  • icecovered,
  • ice covered,
  • more ice-covered,
  • most siberian,
  • most icebound,
  • most chilled,
  • most frosted,
  • ice cold,
  • more antarctic,
  • most ice-covered.
  •paralytic (adjective)
  • more palsified,
  • more immobilized,
  • more diplegic,
  • palsified,
  • most palsified,
  • in capacitated,
  • in-capacitated,
  • most quadriplegic,
  • most immobilized,
  • more quadriplegic,
  • most diplegic,
  • more paraplegic,
  • most paraplegic.
  •senseless (adjective)
  • soporific,
  • swooning,
  • blacked out,
  • trance-like,
  • narcotic,
  • unperceptive,
  • faint,
  • oblivious,
  • insensitive.
  •stock-still (adjective)
  • stock still,
  • stockstill.
  •stunned (adjective)
  • more floored,
  • be-wildered,
  • be wildered,
  • most amazed,
  • over-whelmed,
  • most flabbergasted,
  • most astonished,
  • more astonished,
  • more flabbergasted,
  • sur prised,
  • more astounded,
  • sur-prised,
  • over whelmed,
  • most astounded,
  • most floored,
  • more amazed.
  •stuporous (adjective)
  • Impassible.
  •torpid (adjective)
  • more slowmoving,
  • more slow moving,
  • in different,
  • most slow-moving,
  • slowmoving,
  • in-different,
  • most slowmoving,
  • most slow moving,
  • more slow-moving,
  • slow moving.
  •unconscious (adjective)
  • more knocked,
  • on canvas,
  • most entranced,
  • most tranced,
  • dead the world,
  • un conscious,
  • in-sensate,
  • most swooning,
  • dead world,
  • out like light,
  • in trance,
  • most knocked,
  • Tranced,
  • more entranced,
  • dead to world,
  • more swooning,
  • more tranced,
  • in sensate,
  • un-conscious.
  •unexcitable (adjective)
  • placid,
  • reserved,
  • demure,
  • moderate,
  • poker-faced,
  • even-tempered,
  • stoical,
  • unhurried,
  • nonchalant,
  • tranquil,
  • imperturbable,
  • steady,
  • self-composed,
  • frigid,
  • calm,
  • inscrutable,
  • serene,
  • dispassionate,
  • stolid,
  • composed,
  • level-headed,
  • cold-blooded,
  • unexcitable,
  • deadpan,
  • easygoing,
  • mild,
  • cool,
  • staid,
  • stoic,
  • passionless,
  • meek,
  • neutral,
  • self-controlled,
  • impassive,
  • controlled,
  • unflappable.
  •unwitting (adjective)
  • Inconversant.

• n.

  •
  • thunderstruck,
  • paralyzed,
  • Staggered,
  • speechless,
  • psyched,
  • astounded,
  • astonished,
  • shocked,
  • lost for words,
  • surprised,
  • amazed.
  •
  • ease,
  • relieve,
  • awareness.
  •
  • stagger,
  • surprise,
  • shake up,
  • flash mob,
  • astonish,
  • wooden,
  • amaze,
  • astound,
  • spring a surprise.
  •
  • go to sleep.
  •afraid (noun)
  • afraid.
  •asleep (noun)
  • asleep.
  •benumbed (noun)
  • benumbed.

• v.

  •benumb (verb)
  • be numbs,
  • be-numb,
  • be-numbs,
  • be-numbed,
  • be numb,
  • be numbing,
  • be numbed,
  • be-numbing.
  •blunt (verb)
  • obtunds,
  • under mined,
  • takes the edge off,
  • under-mining,
  • under-mined,
  • taking edge off,
  • Obtunded,
  • took the edge off,
  • take edge off,
  • Obtunding,
  • under mining,
  • took edge off,
  • taking the edge off,
  • takes edge off.
  •daze (verb)
  • dis order,
  • be wildering,
  • be-fogs,
  • over whelming,
  • over-powering,
  • dis orders,
  • over-powers,
  • be-fogged,
  • be-fogging,
  • be fuddling,
  • over-whelm,
  • be fuddles,
  • over powered,
  • dis-tract,
  • over power,
  • sur prising,
  • be fog,
  • over powers,
  • dis-tracts,
  • be-wilders,
  • be wilder,
  • dis-ordered,
  • be-fuddled,
  • over-power,
  • over whelms,
  • over-whelms,
  • sur-prises,
  • sur prise,
  • be wilders,
  • over-powered,
  • be-fuddles,
  • over powering,
  • be fogging,
  • dis-orders,
  • be fogs,
  • be-fuddle,
  • dis tracts,
  • be-fuddling,
  • sur prises,
  • be-wildering,
  • over whelm,
  • sur-prising,
  • dis ordered,
  • over-whelming,
  • be fuddled,
  • dis ordering,
  • dis tract,
  • be-wilder,
  • dis-order,
  • be-fog,
  • dis-ordering,
  • sur-prise,
  • be fogged,
  • be fuddle.
  •deaden (verb)
  • immobilize,
  • frost,
  • chill,
  • dull.
  •desensitize (verb)
  • de-sensitizing,
  • de sensitizing,
  • de-sensitized,
  • renders insensible,
  • de sensitizes,
  • making inactive,
  • made less sensitive,
  • makes inactive,
  • de sensitize,
  • made inactive,
  • de-sensitize,
  • makes less sensitive,
  • de sensitized,
  • rendered insensible,
  • making less sensitive,
  • de-sensitizes,
  • rendering insensible.
  •drug (verb)
  • dosed up,
  • doses up,
  • re-lax,
  • dosing up,
  • doped up,
  • doping up,
  • dopes up,
  • re lax.
  •harden (verb)
  • casehardens,
  • case hardened,
  • case hardens,
  • renders insensitive,
  • case harden,
  • makes callous,
  • co arsen,
  • co-arsen,
  • Climatizing,
  • climatizes,
  • case hardening,
  • made callous,
  • callusses,
  • rendered insensitive,
  • making callous,
  • case-hardens,
  • rendering insensitive.
  •paralyze (verb)
  • dis-arming,
  • bring grinding halt,
  • trans-fixt,
  • trans-fix,
  • dis-armed,
  • stopped dead,
  • be-muse,
  • stopt dead,
  • making nerveless,
  • be musing,
  • dis arms,
  • trans fix,
  • trans-fixes,
  • trans-fixing,
  • be muse,
  • makes inert,
  • making inert,
  • brings to grinding halt,
  • made nerveless,
  • trans fixing,
  • be-mused,
  • brought grinding halt,
  • trans fixt,
  • be mused,
  • be-musing,
  • bringing to grinding halt,
  • trans fixes,
  • stops dead,
  • brings grinding halt,
  • makes nerveless,
  • stopping dead,
  • brought to grinding halt,
  • dis-arms,
  • dis armed,
  • made inert,
  • dis arming,
  • bringing grinding halt.
  •petrify (verb)
  • putting chill on,
  • dis-may,
  • scares silly,
  • dis-mays,
  • scaring silly,
  • dis mays,
  • dis maying,
  • dis-maying,
  • scaring stiff,
  • puts chill on,
  • dis may.
  •shock (verb)
  • gives a turn,
  • over-comes,
  • dis-gusts,
  • over comes,
  • out-raged,
  • re volt,
  • gives turn,
  • dis-gusted,
  • dis quiets,
  • un-settling,
  • dis pleased,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis-gust,
  • dis-quiets,
  • hits like ton of bricks,
  • threw curve,
  • gave a turn,
  • un settled,
  • threw a curve,
  • gave turn,
  • dis-please,
  • giving a turn,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • un settling,
  • dis gust,
  • dis quieted,
  • hits like ton bricks,
  • throw curve,
  • dis-gusting,
  • throws curve,
  • dis gusting,
  • hit like ton bricks,
  • un-settle,
  • giving turn,
  • dis please,
  • dis-quieted,
  • re-volts,
  • un settles,
  • dis-pleased,
  • dis gusts,
  • out rages,
  • throwing a curve,
  • out-rages,
  • hitting like ton of bricks,
  • dis-pleases,
  • over-coming,
  • throws a curve,
  • un-settled,
  • re-volt,
  • throwing curve,
  • dis gusted,
  • re volts,
  • un settle,
  • out-rage,
  • dis pleasing,
  • dis quieting,
  • over come,
  • give turn,
  • dis pleases,
  • hitting like ton bricks,
  • dis-quiet,
  • out-raging,
  • dis-quieting,
  • over coming,
  • out raged.
  •stupefy (verb)
  • be-sotted,
  • be sotted.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • insensate,
  • numbing,
  • stiff,
  • stuporous,
  • assuage,
  • palliate,
  • alleviate,
  • comfortably,
  • unresponsive.
  •
  • freeze,
  • analgesia,
  • anesthesia,
  • soothe,
  • painless.
  •
  • harden,
  • stun,
  • comfortable.
  •
  • wither,
  • petrify.
  •
  • light.
  •blunt
  • take the edge off,
  • obtund.
  •drug
  • physic,
  • narcotize,
  • medicate,
  • dope up,
  • sedating,
  • dosed,
  • drugged,
  • dose up,
  • relaxes,
  • dosing,
  • Poisoned,
  • sedated,
  • sedates.
  •dull
  • Hebetate.
  •harden
  • embitter,
  • case-hardened,
  • Caseharden,
  • Disciplining,
  • case-hardening,
  • Climatize,
  • calloused,
  • Climatized,
  • roughens,
  • disciplined,
  • callouses,
  • Casehardening,
  • Roughening,
  • render insensitive,
  • coarsened,
  • roughen,
  • calluses,
  • callus,
  • case-harden,
  • Casehardened,
  • make callous,
  • coarsens,
  • roughened,
  • coarsening,
  • callused,
  • callousing,
  • callusing,
  • coarsen.

Paraphrases for Numb:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    paralysed, asleep, callous, heartless, immune.
  • Verb, base form
    sedate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    insensitive, paralyzed, unresponsive, impervious, indifferent, shocked, unmoved, oblivious.

Antonyms for Numb:

• adj.

  • deadened, insensitive
    responsive, compassionate, lively, sympathetic, sensitive.
  • Other antonyms:
    fiery, red hot, impassioned, expansive, flaming, zealous, expressive, engaged, awake, unrestrained, gesticulative, blazing, maudlin, sentimental, mawkish, overheated, bright, enthusiastic, ardent, vehement, revealing, reactive, energetic, active, emotional, theatrical, Passional, perfervid, feeling, histrionic, passionate, sensible, demonstrative, Gesticulatory, busy, vivacious, burning, gushing, fervid, dynamic, gestural, eloquent, exuberant, fervent, Gestic, fearless, melodramatic, glowing, effervescent, mushy, hot-blooded, animated, unafraid, interested, revelatory, overemotional, alive, unreserved, warm-blooded, dramatic.

• v.

  • deaden
    heat, enliven.

Numb Sentence Examples:

• Eric saw him coming, but was too weak and numb to move; and when the sailor lifted up the unconscious Russell from his knees, Eric was too much exhausted even to speak.

• He closed his eyes and waited, too numb with fear to think or cry out.