noiseless

American  

[noiz-lis] / ˈnɔɪz lɪs /

adjective

1. accompanied by or making little or no noise; silent; quiet.

   a noiseless step;

   I got a new noiseless keyboard for my computer.

   Synonyms:

   soundless, inaudible

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noiseless British  

/ ˈnɔɪzlɪs /

adjective

1. making little or no sound; silent

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Synonym Usage

See still ¹.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• noiselessness
  noun
• noiselessly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of noiseless

First recorded in 1595–1605; noise + -less

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, I filled noiseless spaces with nervous chatter.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

To explore the quantum algorithm's performance in an ideal noiseless setting, JPMorgan Chase and Argonne jointly developed a simulator to evaluate the algorithm's performance at scale.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2024

Mr. Smith-Connor recently became emotional while speaking outside of a courthouse and defending his noiseless invocations.

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

The match filled with the deuces of long, tight games — a 57-minute second set, a 57-minute third — its soundtrack the shrieks and grunts of Sabalenka against Rybakina’s noiseless power.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

It often seems to me as though it were the vibrating, shuddering air that with a noiseless leap springs upon us; or as though the front itself emitted an electric current which awakened unknown nerve-centres.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque