SILENT


Meaning of SILENT in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: dumb 1, inarticulate, mute, speechless, unarticulate, voiceless

2.

characterized by absence of speech

was silent as he faced the altar

Synonyms: dumb, mum, ||mumchance, mute, speechless, wordless; compare dumb 1

Related Word: inarticulate, muted, tongue-tied, voiceless

Contrasted words: speaking, talking

3.

showing marked restraint in speaking

a stern, silent man

Synonyms: close, close-lipped, closemouthed, close-tongued, dumb, inconversable, reserved, reticent, shut-mouthed, silentious, speechless, taciturn, tight-lipped, tight-mouthed, uncommunicative, wordless

Related Word: checked, curbed, inhibited, restrained; unconversational, unsociable; inarticulate, incoherent; mute, voiceless; mum, secretive

Contrasted words: articulate, fluent, glib, vocal, voluble; babblative, garrulous, loquacious, windy; blabbering, blabbery, chattering

Antonyms: talkative

4.

Synonyms: still 3, hush, hushful, noiseless, quiet, soundless, stilly, whist

Idioms: silent as a post ( or stone), silent as the grave ( or tomb)

Antonyms: noisy

5.

Synonyms: unspoken 1, tacit, unexpressed, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless

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