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- DictionarySi·lent/ˈsīlənt/
adjective
- 1. not making or accompanied by any sound: "the woods were still and silent" Similar completely quietstillhushedinaudiblenoiselesssoundlesspeacefultranquilso quiet you could hear a pin dropOpposite audiblenoisy
- ▪ (of a person) not speaking: "she fell silent for a moment" Similar speechlessquietunspeakingwordlessvoicelessdumbmutetaciturnreticentuncommunicativeunforthcomingtight-lippedclose-moutheduntalkativetongue-tiedsaying nothingat a loss for wordsstruck dumbinformal:mumOpposite loquacious
- ▪ not expressed aloud: "a silent prayer" Similar unspokenwordlessunsaidunstatedundeclaredunexpressedunmentionedunpronouncedunvoicedtacitimplicitunderstoodimpliedtaken for grantedOpposite spoken
- ▪ (of a letter) written but not pronounced, e.g. b in doubt: "a silent “h”"
- ▪ (of a movie) without an accompanying soundtrack: "she appeared in a number of silent films"
- ▪ saying or recording nothing on a particular subject: "the poems are silent on the question of marriage"
- ▪ (of a person) not prone to speak much; taciturn: "I'm the strong, silent type"
Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘not speaking’): from Latin silent- ‘being silent’, from the verb silere.
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