Definition for Silence:

• To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.

Synonyms for Silence:

• n.

  •
  • check.
  •
  • inaudible.
  •absence of sound, speech (noun)
  • hush-hush,
  • laconism,
  • iron curtain,
  • censorship,
  • speechlessness,
  • secrecy,
  • sleep,
  • stillness,
  • quietus,
  • quiescence,
  • blackout,
  • reticence,
  • hush,
  • dumbness,
  • sullenness,
  • quietude,
  • muteness,
  • dead air,
  • Inarticulateness,
  • saturninity,
  • noiselessness.
  •calm (noun)
  • tranquillity,
  • placidness,
  • placidity,
  • peacefulness.
  •deafness (noun)
  • stone-deafness,
  • deaf-mute,
  • deafness.
  •death (noun)
  • decease,
  • passing.
  •dumbness (noun)
  • voicelessness.
  •non-resonance (noun)
  • non-resonance,
  • flatness,
  • dullness,
  • deadness.
  •silence (noun)
  • inaudibility.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • hush up.
  •make or be quiet (verb)
  • subdue,
  • dampen,
  • quash,
  • quiet down,
  • cool it,
  • cut short,
  • squelch,
  • clam,
  • choke off,
  • shush,
  • overawe,
  • hush one's mouth,
  • deaden,
  • extinguish,
  • dumb,
  • say nothing,
  • hold one's tongue,
  • close up,
  • clam up,
  • dull.

Antonyms for Silence:

• n.

  • absence of sound, speech
    noise, communication, agitation, talk, clamor.
  • attribute
    sound.
  • Other antonyms:
    uproar, reputation, kudos, acclaim, name, preeminence, prestige, celebrity, rank, loquacity, superstardom, significance, verbosity, hubbub, verboseness, importance, mark, prominence, position, idolization, distinction, rep, report, eloquence, standing, recognition, communication, unquietness, windiness, garrulousness, stature, note, renown, adoration, repute, cachet, eminence, volubility, greatness, notoriety, wordiness, talkativeness, praise, fluency, honor, character, acknowledgment, favor, glory, tumult, loquaciousness, talking, popularity.

• v.

  • change
    louden.
  • make or be quiet
    start, communicate, let go, encourage, be noisy, release, allow, help, permit.

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.

  • attribute
    still, speechlessness, stillness, soundlessness, quietness, hush.

• v.

  • change
    shout down, muzzle, shush, lull, gag, calm down.

Hyponym for Silence:

• n.

  • attribute
    sound property.
  • state
    condition, status.

• v.

  • change
    suppress, subdue, stamp down, conquer.