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silent
[ sahy-luhnt ]
adjective
- making no sound; quiet; still:
a silent motor.
Synonyms: soundless
Antonyms: noisy
- refraining from speech.
- speechless; mute.
- not inclined to speak; taciturn; reticent.
Antonyms: talkative
- characterized by absence of speech or sound:
a silent prayer.
- unspoken; tacit:
a silent assent.
- omitting mention of something, as in a narrative:
The records are silent about this crime.
- inactive or quiescent, as a volcano.
Synonyms: dormant
- not sounded or pronounced:
The “b” in “doubt” is a silent letter.
- Movies. not having spoken dialogue or a soundtrack.
- Medicine/Medical. producing no symptoms:
silent gallstones.
noun
- Usually silents. silent films.
silent
/ ˈsaɪlənt /
adjective
- characterized by an absence or near absence of noise or sound
a silent house
- tending to speak very little or not at all
- unable to speak
- failing to speak, communicate, etc, when expected
the witness chose to remain silent
- not spoken or expressed
silent assent
- not active or in operation
a silent volcano
- (of a letter) used in the conventional orthography of a word but no longer pronounced in that word
the ``k'' in ``know'' is silent
- denoting a film that has no accompanying soundtrack, esp one made before 1927, when such soundtracks were developed
noun
- a silent film
silent
/ sī′lənt /
- Relating to a mutation that changes a nucleotide in a codon without a difference in the amino acid for which it is coded.
- See more at point mutation
- Producing no detectable signs or symptoms, as a medical condition such as heart attack.
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Derived Forms
- ˈsilentness, noun
- ˈsilently, adverb
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Other Words From
- silent·ly adverb
- silent·ness noun
- over·silent adjective
- over·silent·ly adverb
- over·silent·ness noun
- super·silent adjective
- super·silent·ly adverb
- un·silent adjective
- un·silent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
By tradition, the speaker of the House never participates in debates in the House and remains silent.
As we waited for my plane to come in, we stayed silent for a long time.
And that gets to the heart of what makes the game so incredible: By staying silent, it turns the player into the game master.
Many will simply stay away from crowds and stay home this Christmas Eve, which could be a very silent night indeed.
The house was eerily silent on a Friday morning after a huge party.
After a minute's pause, while he stood painfully silent, she resumed in great emotion.
Here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.
The lovers got up, with only a silent protest, and walked slowly away somewhere else.
No; there I stood, half-astonished, half-abashed while the Marquise continued on her knees and made her silent orisons.
He was rather silent, they observed; but the young clergyman, who made the fourth at the table, was voluble by nature.
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