What is another word for silence?
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[ sˈa͡ɪləns], [ sˈaɪləns], [ s_ˈaɪ_l_ə_n_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for silence:- sedative (adjective)
- slumberous (adjective)
- absence of sound, speech (noun)
- attribute (noun)
- calm (noun)
- deafness (noun)
- death (noun)
- decease (noun)
- demise (noun)
- dissolution (noun)
- dumbness (noun)
- huggermugger (noun)
- lull (noun)
- non-resonance (noun)
- reserve (noun)
- rest (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- secrecy (noun)
- silence (noun)
- solitude (noun)
- taciturnity (noun)
- uncommunicativeness (noun)
- change (verb)
- confute (verb)
- humble (verb)
- liquidate (verb)
- make or be quiet (verb)
- muffle (verb)
- mute (verb)
- muzzle (verb)
- pacify (verb)
- put down (verb)
- quell (verb)
- refute (verb)
- repress (verb)
- shut up (verb)
- stifle (verb)
- still (verb)
- stop (verb)
- suppress (verb)
- other synonyms
- confute
- humble
- impede
- pacify
- quiet
- stop
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Silence:
adj.
•sedative (adjective) •slumberous (adjective)n.
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- cut out the middleman,
- be in touch (with someone),
- see the last of someone/something,
- touch base,
- maintain,
- contact.
- hush-hush,
- laconism,
- iron curtain,
- censorship,
- speechlessness,
- secrecy,
- sleep,
- stillness,
- quietus,
- quiescence,
- blackout,
- reticence,
- hush,
- dumbness,
- sullenness,
- quietude,
- muteness,
- dead air,
- Inarticulateness,
- saturninity,
- noiselessness.
- de ceases,
- de cease,
- the ends,
- de-functions,
- passing aways,
- de function,
- de-ceases,
- de functions,
- defunctions,
- de-function,
- de-cease.
- last roundups,
- number up,
- de-mises,
- final thrills,
- de-mise,
- de mises,
- number ups,
- numbers ups,
- last outs,
- numbers up,
- de mise,
- number's ups,
- lights outs.
- liquefactions,
- dis solution,
- dis-continuation,
- dis-continuations,
- dis continuation,
- re-solution,
- dis-appearance,
- dis-solutions,
- dis missal,
- dis continuations,
- dis-appearances,
- de-cays,
- dis-missals,
- meltings,
- re solutions,
- de composition,
- de-compositions,
- de cays,
- dis-missal,
- de-composition,
- de cay,
- dis solutions,
- dis missals,
- dis appearance,
- dis-solution,
- re-solutions,
- de compositions,
- dis appearances,
- de-cay.
- un-responsiveness,
- re serve,
- un responsiveness,
- re-serves,
- re serves,
- re-serve,
- self restraint,
- un-responsivenesses,
- selfrestraint,
- un responsivenesses.
v.
•change (verb) •confute (verb)- proving wrong,
- over-turn,
- dis proved,
- dis mayed,
- in validates,
- ex pose,
- brings naught,
- in validate,
- over whelming,
- over-threw,
- over comes,
- dis maying,
- up-sets,
- re-butting,
- knocksing props out from under,
- knocksed props out from under,
- de feats,
- ex-pose,
- over throw,
- re butted,
- dis proves,
- blew sky high,
- sets aside,
- dis-mayed,
- dis-mays,
- dis-proving,
- in validating,
- brought naught,
- over-comes,
- proves false,
- up setting,
- bringing naught,
- over threw,
- in-validated,
- over-turned,
- over came,
- over-came,
- over whelms,
- over come,
- ex-posed,
- over-throwing,
- proves wrong,
- over-throw,
- in validated,
- blows sky high,
- over turned,
- dis-maying,
- over throws,
- over-whelmed,
- over-whelm,
- over-whelms,
- dis prove,
- over-come,
- bring naught,
- blowing sky high,
- proved false,
- over-throws,
- over whelmed,
- ex-posing,
- brought to naught,
- over-thrown,
- dis mays,
- over-turning,
- bringing to naught,
- knockses props out from under,
- over-turns,
- up-setting,
- in-validates,
- over-coming,
- dis-proved,
- ex posed,
- dis may,
- up sets,
- over whelm,
- dis-may,
- over turning,
- over turns,
- re-butted,
- over thrown,
- re butting,
- dis-proves,
- de feat,
- over-whelming,
- de-feat,
- de-feats,
- dis proving,
- in-validating,
- proving false,
- over throwing,
- in-validate,
- dis-prove,
- over coming,
- brings to naught,
- up-set.
- re duces,
- de base,
- de-meaning,
- de grade,
- de grades,
- de means,
- put shame,
- be meaning,
- popping one's balloon,
- pops balloon,
- dis-comfit,
- de grading,
- dis gracing,
- be-meaning,
- de basing,
- dis comfit,
- cuts to quick,
- dis grace,
- takes down peg,
- de-mote,
- makes one feel small,
- de meaning,
- cuts quick,
- dis-credited,
- took down peg,
- dis-graces,
- cutting quick,
- de-moting,
- de-means,
- de moting,
- de-grade,
- made eat dirt,
- sub-dues,
- cut quick,
- takes down a peg,
- making feel small,
- de graded,
- sub-due,
- took down a peg,
- popped one balloon,
- pop one balloon,
- be means,
- dis credits,
- taking down peg,
- dis-graced,
- taking down a peg,
- dis graced,
- de-mean,
- dis credited,
- be-mean,
- re-duces,
- casts down,
- popped ones balloon,
- take down peg,
- de-basing,
- cuts to the quick,
- strikes dumb,
- dis credit,
- making eat dirt,
- de motes,
- puts one away,
- pops one's balloon,
- dis-gracing,
- dis graces,
- cuts the quick,
- makes feel small,
- pops one balloon,
- be-means,
- de mean,
- putting one away,
- cut to quick,
- dis-comfits,
- makes eat dirt,
- made one feel small,
- strook dumb,
- bemeaning,
- dis-credits,
- sub due,
- re-duce,
- pop ones balloon,
- be mean,
- make feel small,
- de-grades,
- sub dues,
- made feel small,
- making one feel small,
- cutting to quick,
- popping one balloon,
- striking dumb,
- dis-grace,
- re duce,
- popped balloon,
- de-based,
- de-grading,
- de-motes,
- cutting the quick,
- de based,
- bemeans,
- pops ones balloon,
- de mote,
- pop balloon,
- cut the quick,
- dis comfits,
- popping ones balloon,
- dis crediting,
- dis-crediting,
- cutting to the quick,
- popped one's balloon,
- popping balloon,
- de-graded,
- de-base,
- dis-credit.
- re moving,
- dis-patched,
- re-moving,
- dis patches,
- dis patch,
- dis patching,
- ex-terminates,
- dis patched,
- re moved,
- finishing off,
- ex-terminated,
- re-move,
- ex terminating,
- re move,
- dis-patch,
- ex terminated,
- dis-patching,
- ex terminates,
- dis-patches,
- ex-terminate,
- re-moves,
- finishes off,
- ex-terminating,
- ex terminate.
- close up,
- cut short,
- cool it,
- choke off,
- shush,
- quash,
- quiet down,
- squelch,
- extinguish,
- dull,
- soft-pedal,
- overawe,
- clam up,
- clam,
- subdue,
- dumb,
- dampen,
- hush one's mouth,
- hold one's tongue,
- say nothing,
- deaden.
- sits down on,
- de-aden,
- puts the lid on,
- putting lid on,
- de creases,
- de creasing,
- sate down on,
- de adens,
- de aden,
- sat down on,
- de-creasing,
- softpedal,
- de-adens,
- de-creases,
- de-creased,
- putting the lid on,
- sitting down on,
- de creased,
- de crease,
- de-crease.
- decreasing volume,
- keeps down,
- keeping it down,
- be numbed,
- decreases volume,
- keeping down,
- putting damper on,
- be-numbing,
- piped down,
- keeps it down,
- corks up,
- be numbs,
- puts damper on,
- be-numbs,
- piping down,
- be numbing,
- decreased the volume,
- decreased volume,
- decreases the volume,
- decreasing the volume,
- kept it down,
- be numb,
- pipes down,
- be-numbed,
- be-numb.
- clamped down on,
- pre-vented,
- dummying up,
- tongue tied,
- pre-vent,
- pre venting,
- dries up,
- tongue ties,
- re-strains,
- re-strained,
- pre-vents,
- re strain,
- dummies up,
- re strict,
- re straining,
- re strains,
- tonguetied,
- pre-venting,
- tongue tying,
- re-strict,
- tongue-tying,
- tongue-ties,
- pre vents,
- tonguetie,
- cracked down on,
- re-strain,
- cracks down on,
- tonguetying,
- pre vent,
- tongueties,
- re-straining,
- re strained,
- clamps down on,
- clamping down on.
- takes the edge off,
- buries the hatchet,
- smooths over,
- took the edge off,
- kiss make up,
- pacificating,
- kissing make up,
- smoothed over,
- lays back,
- take edge off,
- buried hatchet,
- kissed and make up,
- laying back,
- makes peace,
- bury hatchet,
- burying hatchet,
- made peace,
- kissing and make up,
- kissed make up,
- taking the edge off,
- takes edge off,
- pacificated,
- taking edge off,
- burying the hatchet,
- making peace,
- pacificates,
- smoothing over,
- buried the hatchet,
- kisses make up,
- buries hatchet,
- took edge off,
- kisses and make up.
- sits on,
- over powering,
- over-powered,
- over powers,
- sub jugate,
- sate on,
- over powered,
- over-power,
- over-powering.
- de bated,
- gives thumbs down to,
- shot full of holes,
- gave lie to,
- de bates,
- de bate,
- argued against,
- cancels out,
- dis claimed,
- dis confirms,
- gives the lie to,
- shooting full of holes,
- shot full holes,
- taking a stand against,
- dis-claim,
- dis claim,
- gave thumbs down to,
- shoots full of holes,
- giving lie to,
- dis-confirm,
- burning down,
- dis-confirming,
- dis-claimed,
- dis confirm,
- take stand against,
- dis-claims,
- dis-confirms,
- giving thumbs down to,
- dis-claiming,
- de bating,
- dis confirmed,
- dis claims,
- dis-confirmed,
- de-bating,
- burned down,
- took stand against,
- de-bate,
- replies to,
- giving the lie to,
- replying to,
- took a stand against,
- gave the lie to,
- argues against,
- de-bated,
- shooting down,
- taking stand against,
- dis confirming,
- burnt down,
- takes stand against,
- disconfirms,
- dis claiming,
- shooting full holes,
- de-bates,
- shoots full holes,
- canceling out,
- shoot full holes,
- shoots down,
- takes a stand against,
- gives lie to.
- simmering down,
- kept in check,
- kept check,
- keeps under wraps,
- keeping check,
- threw cold water on,
- re-press,
- simmered down,
- keep check,
- quelching,
- keeping under wraps,
- re pressed,
- quelched,
- keeps in,
- throwing cold water on,
- keeps check,
- throws cold water on,
- jamming up,
- jams up,
- re-presses,
- keeps in check,
- kept under wraps,
- simmers down,
- jammed up,
- re-pressing,
- quelches,
- re-pressed,
- re presses,
- re pressing,
- re press,
- gridlocking.
- stopping talking,
- fell silent,
- kept trap shut,
- stopt talking,
- quitting chattering,
- held tongue,
- quits chattering,
- holds tongue,
- stopped talking,
- keeps trap shut,
- holding tongue,
- falls silent,
- stops talking,
- falling silent,
- quitted chattering,
- keeping trap shut.
- cracked down,
- bringing screeching halt,
- choked back,
- brings to screeching halt,
- clamps down,
- choking back,
- brings screeching halt,
- bringing to screeching halt,
- brought to screeching halt,
- cracking down,
- chokes back,
- bring screeching halt,
- brought screeching halt,
- clamped down,
- cracks down.
Other synonyms:
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- wordlessness,
- rebuttal,
- voice,
- waylay,
- nonacceptance,
- quietness,
- hogtie,
- disbar,
- denial,
- freeze-out,
- soundless,
- hold on to,
- refusal,
- shackle,
- restraint,
- stand between,
- come between,
- noiseless,
- interdiction,
- restrain.
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- deflect,
- debar,
- hem in,
- prevent,
- thwart,
- monopolize,
- blacklist,
- rest,
- hear from,
- keep out,
- ban,
- gag,
- prohibition,
- sulk.
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- silent,
- sideline,
- correspond,
- challenge.
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- rejection,
- resistance.
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- bar.
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- hold.
- bring to naught,
- Parried,
- up set,
- over turn,
- proved wrong,
- prove false,
- blow sky high,
- setting aside,
- prove wrong,
- knocks props out from under,
- set aside.
- make one feel small,
- cast down,
- pop one's balloon,
- strike dumb,
- casting down,
- cut to the quick,
- bemeaned,
- make eat dirt,
- put one away,
- Bemean,
- take down a peg,
- struck dumb.
- lay back,
- laid back,
- make peace,
- kiss and make up,
- take the edge off,
- pacificate,
- smooth over,
- pacifies.
- inactivated,
- inactivate,
- take the bite out of,
- cool out,
- inactivating,
- inactivates,
- clammed up,
- held down,
- hold it down,
- clamming up,
- patch things up.
- ward off,
- stoppered,
- staunched,
- choked off,
- staunches,
- reined in,
- rein in,
- put stop to,
- staunching,
- put a stop to,
- occlude,
- Stoppering,
- choking off,
- reins in.
- mortify,
- be silent,
- lock in,
- brevity,
- lame,
- quench,
- subvert,
- be quiet,
- maim,
- sprain,
- despatch,
- composure,
- reject,
- shut off,
- zap,
- indistinctly,
- always,
- contemplation,
- stanch,
- appease,
- lay low,
- sluggishly,
- put out,
- pax,
- strangle,
- defeat,
- aphonia,
- softly,
- jump on,
- snub,
- belt up,
- shoot,
- make motionless,
- bring down,
- motionlessly,
- suffocate,
- smoothly,
- ease,
- hamstring,
- overmaster,
- mystery,
- nullify,
- keep quiet,
- execute,
- pistol,
- reticent,
- stamp out,
- dumbly,
- overcome,
- facelessness,
- gun down,
- respite,
- dummy,
- have,
- imperturbability,
- parry,
- take life,
- Ratten,
- absence of noise,
- allay,
- become silent,
- placid,
- Occultness,
- assuage,
- closeness,
- mutely,
- settle,
- answer,
- tacit,
- nevertheless,
- slay,
- stultify,
- dully,
- cork,
- finish,
- riddle,
- disprove,
- nonplus,
- Inertly,
- tranquilize,
- peacefully,
- explode,
- humiliate,
- fell,
- argue down,
- placidly,
- conciseness,
- soothe,
- absence of sound,
- anticyclone,
- inarticulate,
- overthrow,
- calmness,
- incinerate,
- Overset,
- put to death,
- suppression,
- shut away,
- button up,
- quiescency,
- garrotte,
- cramp,
- trip,
- shame,
- blunt,
- smother,
- shotgun,
- undercurrent,
- privateness,
- privacy,
- huggermugger,
- put away,
- truss up,
- silently,
- reduce to silence,
- enchain,
- disable,
- paralyze,
- tranquility,
- dispatch,
- anagoge,
- bump off,
- speechless,
- mildly,
- take down,
- bury,
- truss,
- peace of mind,
- curtains,
- squash,
- Clandestinity,
- confound,
- rest period,
- prostrate,
- overturn,
- nirvana,
- disintegrate,
- break,
- peaceably,
- upset,
- nowhere,
- Overmatch,
- Raucity,
- limbo,
- Silentness,
- kill,
- demolish,
- mum,
- serene,
- Becripple,
- disenable,
- lock up,
- murmur,
- terseness,
- expose,
- eliminate,
- polish off,
- vaporize,
- surmount,
- keep under,
- overwhelm,
- rub out,
- Dysphony,
- alleviate,
- destroy,
- de-emphasize,
- do for,
- hide,
- satori,
- faintly,
- cacoepy,
- Redargue,
- curtness,
- get,
- gloss over,
- soundproof,
- asphyxiate,
- blow to pieces,
- Obmutescence,
- secretiveness,
- garrote,
- propitiate,
- muffled,
- obscurity,
- cut down,
- repose,
- discourage,
- whitewash,
- quiesce,
- handcuff,
- negative,
- static,
- dead of night,
- deny,
- calmly,
- smash,
- confidentiality,
- Misprision,
- waste,
- Absence of Voice,
- snuff out,
- bottle up,
- cabala,
- noiselessly,
- tenderly,
- Secretness,
- blow up,
- tone down,
- placate,
- Arriere Pensee,
- double up,
- cripple,
- restfulness,
- dispose of,
- HIT,
- ataraxia,
- disarm,
- overpower,
- uncommunicative,
- motionless,
- shut down,
- erase,
- patiently,
- deflate,
- be still,
- Aphony,
- stammer,
- can it,
- incapacitate,
- dead,
- keep mum,
- abash,
- quietly,
- disqualify,
- lightly,
- answer conclusively,
- absorb,
- lapidate,
- trample underfoot,
- do away with,
- lock away,
- deck,
- floor,
- tranquillise,
- curb,
- shortness,
- muted,
- ice,
- hold back,
- speechlessly,
- serenity,
- FRAG,
- temper,
- falsetto,
- slumber,
- quietism,
- trample out,
- tranquilly,
- clinch an argument,
- Ataraxy,
- assassinate,
- put,
- Jugulate,
- unhinge,
- after that,
- drop,
- invalidate,
- stone,
- slowly,
- stab to death,
- shut,
- Pauciloquy,
- mollify,
- mitigate,
- white lie,
- hugger mugger,
- neutralize,
- evasion,
- soften,
- cut to pieces,
- control,
- contradict,
- gently,
- trip up,
- coolly,
- reservation,
- briefness,
- soft pedal,
- relieve,
- dead calm,
- murder,
- rebut,
- implicit,
- ever,
- brain,
- unfit,
- concealment,
- serenely,
- whist,
- poleax,
- emasculate,
- conceal,
- crush,
- sleek over,
- inhibit,
- cry down,
- constantly,
- damp,
- censor,
- nowheresville,
- brusqueness,
- undermine,
- choke,
- calm down,
- slight,
- incommunicative,
- manacle,
- vaporise,
- inactivity,
- mutedly,
- hog-tie,
- soundlessly,
- do in,
- tonelessness,
- controvert,
- hobble,
- tardily,
- oblivion,
- lower,
- tranquillize,
- drown,
- dumbfound,
- dismiss,
- lock.
Paraphrases for Silence:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
silent.
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Proper noun, singular
silent.
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Noun, singular or mass
Silencing.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Interjection
sllence.
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Verb, past tense
Challenged, Defied, Did, Got.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Mentioning, settling, owing.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
ignores.
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Interjection
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Other Related
Antonyms for Silence:
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n.
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absence of sound, speech
noise, communication, agitation, talk, clamor.
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attribute
sound.
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Other antonyms:
importance, loquacity, name, renown, recognition, acclaim, adoration, uproar, kudos, reputation, honor, preeminence, prominence, unquietness, rank, favor, volubility, celebrity, eminence, eloquence, idolization, hubbub, talking, stature, popularity, mark, verboseness, repute, prestige, talkativeness, wordiness, verbosity, significance, garrulousness, greatness, position, acknowledgment, cachet, note, notoriety, tumult, report, fluency, loquaciousness, superstardom, character, praise, windiness, glory, rep, standing, distinction.
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absence of sound, speech
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v.
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change
louden.
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change
Homophones for Silence:
- scale moss, so long, sullenness, sling, scalenus, salonika, Sal Ammoniac, salonica, sealing, shilling, slyness, solomons, suckling, slanguage, Sholom Asch, sculling, slowing, succulence, soiling, slang, saliency, slaying, silenus, shallowness, swelling, sizzling, sliminess, solanaceae, silliness, scaling, Shalom Asch, selling, slangy, scowling, sailing, Succulency, schilling, solanaceous, Solan Goose, solemness, Sholem Asch, slink, salience, schooling, solemnize, sex linkage, shelling, sallowness, Scaliness, slimness, sealing wax, solomonic, scolymus, squealing, salmacis, solemnise, squalling, swilling, slowness.
Hypernym for Silence:
n.
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attribute
still, speechlessness, stillness, soundlessness, quietness, hush.
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attribute
v.
Hyponym for Silence:
n.
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attribute
sound property.
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attribute
v.
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change
suppress, subdue, stamp down, conquer.
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change