silent

Meaning

Adj

1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
4. Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
6. With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
7. Without audio capability.
8. Hidden, unseen.
9. Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
10. Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
11. Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
12. Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.

Noun

1. (uncountable) That which is silent; a time of silence.
2. A silent movie

Synonyms

quiet

mute

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noiseless

taciturn

calm

dumb

still

speechless

soundless

shut up

peaceful

reticent

voiceless

tacit

mum

tranquil

not talkative

not speaking

uncommunicative

be quiet

hushed

😯

deaf

keep quiet

inaudible

wordless

keep silence

hush

secretive

in silence

quite

reserved

not make a sound

be silent

understood

stupid

closemouthed

sullen

unsounded

silence

solemn

peaceable

solitary

serene

lonely

shy

unvoiced

in vain

desolate

incommunicative

deserted

Translations

silenzioso

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silencieux

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silencioso

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still

muto

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silencioso

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leise

muet

schweigsam

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σιωπηλός

tranquillo

callado

ruhig

stil

zwijgend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪlənt/

Etymology

From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow still, be silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).