Silent

Adjective

 * 1) Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
 * 2) * 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, act 5, sc. 1:
 * How silent is this town!
 * 1) * 1825, Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, The Works of Samuel Johnson, Talboys and Wheeler, page 52:
 * What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by more silent methods.
 * 1) * 1906, William Dean Howells and Sidney Dillon Ripley, Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between, Harper & Brothers, page 152:
 * The voice of the auctioneer is slow and low [...]; after a pause, which seems no silenter than the rest of the transaction, he ceases to repeat the bids, and his fish, in the measure of a bushel or so, have gone for a matter of three shillings.
 * 1) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
 * Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men. Broome.
 * This new-created world, whereof in hell Fame is not silent. John Milton.
 * 1) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent. Parnell. Sir W. Raleigh.
 * 2)  Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, "e is silent in fable."
 * 3) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
 * 4) * Cause ... silent, virtueless, and dead. Sir Walter Raleigh.
 * 5)  Without audio capability.
 * The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.
 * 1) Hidden, unseen, as a silent voter or silent partner.

Synonyms

 * dumb, mute, quiet, speechless, still, taciturn

Derived terms

 * silent partner
 * Silent Sam

Noun

 * 1)  That which is silent; a time of silence.
 * The silent of the night. Shakespeare
 * 1) A silent movie

Adverbs for Silent
absolutely; remarkably; unusually; pleasantly; practically; sufficiently; warrantably; reasonably; positively; significantly; usually; reticently; gravely; alarmingly; amusedly; impressively; dangerously; ominously; indulgently; haughtily; angrily; happily; magnanimously; charitably; bewilderingly; strangely; singularly; maddeningly; obstinately; stolidly; sadly; sullenly; mischievously; furtively; stealthily; warily; cautiously; carefully; naturally; guardedly; breathlessly; dreadfully; terrifyingly; gloomily.

Thesaurus
aphonic, brief, brusque, calm, checked, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, closemouthed, concise, curbed, curt, dumb, echoless, economical of words, hush as death, hushed, implicit, implied, inactive, inarticulate, inaudible, incoherent, indisposed to talk, inhibited, laconic, mousy, mum, mute, muted, noiseless, pacific, passive, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reserved, restrained, reticent, secretive, serene, short, sleeping, snug, soundless, sparing of words, speechless, still, still as death, stilly, subaudible, tacit, taciturn, terse, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, tranquil, unagitated, unarticulated, uncommunicative, undeclared, understood, undisturbed, unexpressed, unhearable, unloquacious, unmentioned, unproclaimed, unpronounced, unpublished, unrecorded, unruffled, unsaid, unsociable, unsounded, unspoken, unstated, unsung, untalkative, untalked-of, untold, untroubled, unuttered, unvocalized, unvoiced, unwritten, voiceless, whist, word-bound, wordless

Etymology
From undefined:, silens:, present participle of sileo:, from. Cognate with 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽:,  salnes:.

Adjective

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 * : silencioso, mudo
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Noun

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Anagrams

 * enlist
 * inlets
 * leints
 * listen
 * tinsel

Anagrams

 * lisent