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Synonyms for silent
ˈsaɪ ləntsilent
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Wiktionary
silentadjective
silentadjective
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
silentadjective
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
silentadjective
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent. Parnell. Sir W. Raleigh.
silentadjective
Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in fable.
silentadjective
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
silentadjective
Without audio capability.
The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.
silentadjective
Hidden, unseen, as a silent voter or silent partner.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
silent
Dumb, mute, silent and speechless refer to fact or state; taciturn refers to habit and disposition. The talkative person may be stricken dumb with surprise or terror; the obstinate may remain mute; one may be silent through preoccupation of mind or of set purpose; but the taciturn person is averse to the utterance of thought or feeling and to communication with others, either from natural disposition or for the occasion. One who is silent does not speak at all; one who is taciturn speaks when compelled, but in a grudging way that repels further approach. Reserved suggests more of method and intention than taciturn, applying often to some special time or topic; one who is communicative regarding all else may be reserved about his business. Reserved is thus closely equivalent to uncommunicative, but is a somewhat stronger word, often suggesting pride or haughtiness, as when we say one is reserved toward inferiors. Compare PRIDE.
Synonyms:
close, dumb, mute, reserved, reticent, speechless, taciturn, uncommunicativeAntonyms:
communicative, free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, unreserved
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
silent
Synonyms:
still, taciturn, speechless, dormant, quiet, noiselessAntonyms:
noisy, loquacious, garrulous
Princeton's WordNet
silent, soundless, stilladjective
marked by absence of sound
"a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still"
Synonyms:
static, smooth, understood, motionless, placid, inactive, mute, tranquil, soundless, unruffled, mum, dumb, quiet, tacit, unsounded, still, noneffervescentAntonyms:
audible, communicatory, hearable, explicit, noisy, communicative, expressed, articulatemum, silentadjective
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
"the witness remained silent"
Synonyms:
soundless, tacit, mute, still, understood, mum, dumb, unsoundedAntonyms:
hearable, articulate, communicatory, audible, explicit, communicative, expressed, noisysilent, tacit, understoodadjective
implied by or inferred from actions or statements
"gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
Synonyms:
soundless, tacit, mute, still, understood, mum, dumb, unsoundedAntonyms:
explicit, communicative, audible, communicatory, noisy, hearable, expressed, articulatesilent, unsoundedadjective
not made to sound
"the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
Synonyms:
soundless, tacit, mute, unfathomed, unplumbed, profound, still, understood, mum, dumb, unsoundedAntonyms:
audible, articulate, communicative, hearable, expressed, explicit, noisy, communicatorysilentadjective
having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
"a silent dog whistle"
Synonyms:
soundless, tacit, mute, still, understood, mum, dumb, unsoundedAntonyms:
hearable, expressed, communicative, noisy, articulate, explicit, audible, communicatorydumb, mute, silentadjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Synonyms:
unspoken, understood, dull, dim, tacit, mute, dense, tongueless, unsounded, soundless, speechless, still, dumb, slow, mum, obtuse, wordlessAntonyms:
audible, expressed, communicative, hearable, articulate, communicatory, noisy, explicit
Dictionary of English Synonymes
silentadjective
silentadjective
Synonyms:
mute, dumb, TACITURN, speechless, mum, without a word to saysilentadjective
Synonyms:
quiescent, not pronounced, not soundedsilentadjective
Synonyms:
dormant, not active
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "silent":
silence, quiet, mute, tacit, muted, silencers, dumb, tongue-tied, noise-reducing
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Silent":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#258 | reserved | |
#390 | still | |
#735 | close | |
#2711 | static | |
#2901 | slow | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#4205 | quiet | |
#5152 | silent | |
#5426 | understood | |
#6644 | silence | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9564 | dumb | |
#9770 | dense | |
#10506 | inactive | |
#11321 | profound | |
#12007 | mum | |
#13293 | dull | |
#15923 | mute | |
#23290 | tranquil | |
#26145 | dormant | |
#26166 | placid | |
#32598 | muted | |
#35713 | tacit | |
#39678 | speechless | |
#42397 | unspoken | |
#44165 | motionless | |
#56643 | obtuse | |
#65293 | silencers | |
#81424 | reticent | |
#82331 | noiseless | |
#84871 | wordless | |
#116926 | taciturn | |
#139693 | soundless | |
#155572 | unruffled | |
#241021 | uncommunicative |
How to use silent in a sentence?
Better remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
He acts more like a Republican on cutting the budget and cutting taxes, he has been mostly silent on Trump’s very controversial issues. I don’t think he is worried about Scott Lively. He is loved in this state. It is going to be a walk in the primary and in November.
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Translations for silent
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- صامتArabic
- ці́хі, маўча́цьBelarusian
- мълчаBulgarian
- callarCatalan, Valencian
- mlčet, tichýCzech
- tewiWelsh
- stilleDanish
- stumm, schweigsam, still, schweigenGerman
- αθόρυβοςGreek
- muta, silenta, kvietaEsperanto
- callar, silenciosoSpanish
- ساكت, بي صدا, گنگ, آرام, خاموش, ناكار, لالPersian
- hiljaisuus, tyyni, äänetön, hiljainenFinnish
- muet, taire, silencieuxFrench
- tostIrish
- चुपHindi
- szótlan, hangtalan, néma, csendes, hallgatag, zajtalanHungarian
- լուռ, հանգիստ, խաղաղ, հանդարտArmenian
- diamIndonesian
- hljóðurIcelandic
- muto, silenzio, silente, silenzioso, tranquilloItalian
- 無言, 無音, 黙る, 静かJapanese
- silentium, taceōLatin
- klussLatvian
- mōhūMāori
- တိတ်Burmese
- zwijgenDutch
- stumNorwegian
- milczećPolish
- quieto, silencioso, silêncioPortuguese
- tăcutRomanian
- непроизноси́мый, ти́хий, безмо́лвный, немо́й, молча́ть, молчали́выйRussian
- му́чати, múčatiSerbo-Croatian
- tyst, stum, tystlåtenSwedish
- அமைதியாகTamil
- sessizTurkish
- stilikVolapük
- שטילYiddish
- 无声Chinese
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