Silence

Noun

 * 1) The lack of any sound.
 * 2) Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.
 * 3) The action of refraining from speaking.

Verb

 * 1) To make something silent.
 * 2) To suppress criticism etc.

Interjection
silence!


 * 1) be quiet

Adjectives for Silence
profound; obstinate; mysterious; complete; discomfited; infant; horrid; sullen; majestic; pale; sickening; indignant; melodious; deep; sarcastic; reverent; roaring; morose; heated; honorable; listening; chilling; awkward; demure; musing; stagnant; suitable; unaccountable; voluptuous; resentful; horrified; fearful; astonished; expectant; respectful; oppressive; dignified; deathly; distressful; chagrined; awed; luxurious; bashful; stern; total; snowy; religious; solemn; involuntary; warm; perfumed; defiant; apologetic; lazy; everlasting; moody; attentive; absolute; abstracted; heavy; motionless; stifling; tense; sympathetic; discreet; slumberous; limp; sunlit; momentary; industrious; embarrassed; somber; sulky; dogged; prevailing; hushed; depressing; blank; mute; fruitful; punctuated; painful; broken; ominous; grateful; awful; funeral; universal; gathered; uninterrupted; silvery; infinite; tearless; appalling; fragile; eloquent; severe; sepulchral; thoughtful; dismal; empty; thick; sunken; mysterious; guilty; enforced; strange; magical; solvent; freezing; infuriated; bewildered; vibrant; imperative; curious; cold; complete; long; meditative; inhuman; gracious; intense; passive; spellbound; noisy; monumental; brooding; perfect; breathless; lengthened; white; hostile; hideous; dignified; poetic; disciplined; sacred; smiling; forbidding; aggravating; tangible; flushing; unreproved; unsociable; stern; grim; comparative; arid; appealing; maiden; azure; deafening; rapturous; horrible; simple; welcome; bashful; mournful; enamored; despairing; pregnant; shaded; eternal.

Verbs for Silence
acquiesce in—; appraise—; awaken—; bear—; break—; cajole into—; constrain—; covet—; drop into—; endure—; enjoin—; feel—; impose—; inculcate—; interpret—; lapse into—; lie in—; maintain—; penetrate—; plead for—; preserve—; press into—; put to—; quench—; reduce to—; reflect in—; relapse into—; retreat in—; rip—; sift—; sink into—; slump into—; survey in—; wrap in—; worship—; —cloaks; —descends; —enchants; —encompasses; —ensues; —explodes; —falls; —fills; —follows; —grows; —hammers; —hangs; —imposes; —pervades; —pounces; —prevails; —reigns; —rolls; —settles; —sinks; —supervenes; —swallows; —throbs; —troubles.

Adverbs for Silence
effectually; completely; mysteriously; sarcastically; discreetly; awkwardly; sternly; apologetically; momentarily; grimly.

Thesaurus
peace, peacefulness, pistol, placidity, pour water on, propitiate, prostrate, put down, put out, put to silence, quash, quell, quench, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quieten, quietism, quietness, quietude, quietus, rebut, reduce to silence, refute, repose, repress, rest, restfulness, restrain, reticence, riddle, satori, secretiveness, secretness, send flying, serenity, settle, shoot, shoot down, shoot to death, shortness, shotgun, shush, shut down on, shut off, shut up, silken repose, sit down on, sit on, sleep, slumber, smash, smash all opposition, smother, snuff out, soft-pedal, soothe, soundlessness, sparingness of words, speechlessness, squash, squelch, stab to death, stamp out, stanch, stifle, still, stillness, stone, stone to death, strangle, strike dead, strike dumb, stultify, subdue, subvert, suffocate, suppress, surmount, taciturnity, temper, terseness, throttle, trample out, trample underfoot, tranquillity, trip, trip up, truss up, undermine, unloquaciousness, untalkativeness, upset, vaporize, wise passiveness, wordlessness, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, ataraxia, ataraxy, blow to pieces, blow up, blunt, bottle up, brain, brevity, briefness, bring down, brusqueness, burn to death, calm, calmness, censor, choke, choke off, clamp down on, composure, conciseness, confound, confute, contemplation, contradict, controvert, cork, cork up, crack down on, crush, curtains, curtness, cut down, cut to pieces, damp, damp down, dampen, deaden, deal a deathblow, decease, deck, defeat, deflate, demise, demolish, deny, disarm, disintegrate, dismiss, dispose of, dissolution, drop, drown, dumb, dumbfound, dumbness, economy of words, emasculate, enchain, extinguish, fell, finish, floor, frag, gag, give the quietus, gun down, hamstring, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, hold down, hugger-mugger, hugger-muggery, hush, hush-hush, imperturbability, incinerate, inhibit, jugulate, jump on, keep down, keep under, kill, knock out, laconicalness, laconism, lapidate, lay low, lucid stillness, lull, manacle, marmoreal repose, mitigate, mollify, muffle, mute, muteness, muzzle, nirvana, noiselessness, nonplus, obmutescence, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overset, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pacify, paralyze, parry, passing, pauciloquy,

Synonyms

 * quietness