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.

  •
  • quietude,
  • dispatch,
  • strangle,
  • quietness,
  • bump off,
  • assassinate,
  • censorship.
  •
  • reticence,
  • reserve,
  • veto,
  • resistance,
  • refusal,
  • dismissal,
  • rejection.
  •
  • wordlessness,
  • stop,
  • restrain,
  • check.
  •
  • soundless,
  • silent,
  • noiseless,
  • inaudible.
  •absence of sound, speech (noun)
  • uncommunicativeness,
  • dumbness,
  • sulk,
  • blackout,
  • laconism,
  • speechlessness,
  • quiet,
  • still,
  • quietude,
  • sullenness,
  • calm,
  • lull,
  • quietness,
  • reserve,
  • hush,
  • hush-hush,
  • quietus,
  • quiescence,
  • muteness,
  • dead air,
  • taciturnity,
  • secrecy,
  • Inarticulateness,
  • iron curtain,
  • reticence,
  • sleep,
  • stillness,
  • censorship,
  • peace,
  • death,
  • saturninity,
  • noiselessness.
  •attribute (noun)
  • quiet.
  •calm (noun)
  • quietude,
  • placidness,
  • peacefulness,
  • tranquillity,
  • placidity.
  •concealment (noun)
  • secrecy.
  •deafness (noun)
  • stone-deafness,
  • deaf-mute,
  • deafness.
  •death (noun)
  • decease,
  • passing.
  •dumbness (noun)
  • voicelessness,
  • taciturnity,
  • speechlessness,
  • dumbness.
  •inactivity (noun)
  • rest.
  •non-resonance (noun)
  • muteness,
  • flatness,
  • deadness,
  • non-resonance,
  • dullness.
  •quiet (noun)
  • hush,
  • still.
  •restraint (noun)
  • restraint.
  •secrecy (noun)
  • Secretness,
  • Clandestinity,
  • confidentiality,
  • huggermugger,
  • secretiveness.
  •silence (noun)
  • lull,
  • inaudibility,
  • noiselessness,
  • secrecy,
  • still,
  • quieten,
  • hush up,
  • shut up,
  • stillness,
  • quiet,
  • hush,
  • muteness,
  • secretiveness,
  • soundlessness.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • shut up,
  • quieten,
  • hush,
  • still,
  • hush up.
  •disprove (verb)
  • confute.
  •make or be quiet (verb)
  • decrease the volume,
  • subdue,
  • squelch,
  • quash,
  • pipe down,
  • strike dumb,
  • dry up,
  • close up,
  • muzzle,
  • dull,
  • dumb,
  • gag,
  • dampen,
  • dummy up,
  • suppress,
  • cool it,
  • sit on,
  • quiet down,
  • tongue-tie,
  • cut short,
  • hush one's mouth,
  • stifle,
  • quell,
  • overawe,
  • deaden,
  • extinguish,
  • choke off,
  • shush,
  • clam up,
  • keep it down,
  • shut up,
  • quieten,
  • hold one's tongue,
  • clam,
  • mute,
  • say nothing,
  • muffle.
  •quiet (verb)
  • still,
  • quiet,
  • turn down,
  • muffle,
  • dull,
  • deaden.
  •silence (verb)
  • mute,
  • shush.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • refusal,
  • restraint,
  • quell,
  • quietness,
  • nonacceptance,
  • noiseless,
  • shackle,
  • wordlessness,
  • rebuttal,
  • waylay,
  • interdiction,
  • soundless,
  • restrain.
  •
  • sulk,
  • blacklist,
  • prohibition,
  • monopolize,
  • gag,
  • keep down,
  • pacify,
  • sit on,
  • peace,
  • rest.
  •
  • sandbag,
  • revolt,
  • dismissal,
  • veto,
  • foil.
  •
  • muzzle,
  • silent.
  •
  • rejection,
  • resistance.
  •humble
  • strike dumb.
  •isolation
  • solitude.
  •pacify
  • placate.
  •quiet
  • can it,
  • clam up,
  • cool it.
  •stop
  • choke off.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Occultness,
  • tongue-tie,
  • subdue,
  • curb,
  • cool it,
  • unfit,
  • parry,
  • briefness,
  • calmly,
  • Pauciloquy,
  • resistance,
  • break,
  • fell,
  • soundlessly,
  • trample underfoot,
  • say nothing,
  • garrote,
  • saturninity,
  • satori,
  • garrotte,
  • privateness,
  • asphyxiate,
  • hugger mugger,
  • be silent,
  • clamp down on,
  • constantly,
  • assassinate,
  • uncommunicativeness,
  • tranquilly,
  • Obmutescence,
  • concealment,
  • sullenness,
  • drown,
  • destroy,
  • discourage,
  • soothe,
  • confound,
  • finish,
  • Ataraxy,
  • restraint,
  • demise,
  • falsetto,
  • slight,
  • tranquillise,
  • Raucity,
  • snuff out,
  • lame,
  • take down,
  • snub,
  • confute,
  • dry up,
  • after that,
  • secretiveness,
  • Redargue,
  • limbo,
  • calm down,
  • expose,
  • stifle,
  • surmount,
  • mystery,
  • refusal,
  • cork up,
  • quiescency,
  • monopolize,
  • Misprision,
  • placate,
  • silent,
  • conciseness,
  • confidentiality,
  • refute,
  • cabala,
  • motionless,
  • gloss over,
  • controvert,
  • slumber,
  • slowly,
  • serenity,
  • disqualify,
  • conceal,
  • squelch,
  • stop,
  • shut away,
  • inhibit,
  • tranquilize,
  • do for,
  • dead air,
  • decease,
  • tacit,
  • overcome,
  • whist,
  • placidity,
  • evasion,
  • be quiet,
  • rebut,
  • keep it down,
  • Arriere Pensee,
  • keep under,
  • quiesce,
  • cripple,
  • silently,
  • stamp out,
  • passing,
  • crack down on,
  • humiliate,
  • serene,
  • overthrow,
  • maim,
  • quietly,
  • mortify,
  • soundless,
  • tranquility,
  • absorb,
  • suppress,
  • anticyclone,
  • put away,
  • answer,
  • peacefulness,
  • composure,
  • ease,
  • stultify,
  • quieten,
  • keep mum,
  • peace,
  • overawe,
  • overmaster,
  • dully,
  • anagoge,
  • hold down,
  • hobble,
  • secrecy,
  • jump on,
  • revolt,
  • poleax,
  • peacefully,
  • nonplus,
  • bring down,
  • mitigate,
  • contemplation,
  • oblivion,
  • incapacitate,
  • stammer,
  • calm,
  • dampen,
  • FRAG,
  • cut short,
  • suffocate,
  • muzzle,
  • tranquillity,
  • be still,
  • Dysphony,
  • stab to death,
  • Overmatch,
  • sleek over,
  • curtains,
  • cramp,
  • restfulness,
  • vaporise,
  • whitewash,
  • lightly,
  • hush up,
  • ever,
  • quash,
  • despatch,
  • dissolution,
  • always,
  • death,
  • disprove,
  • privacy,
  • sprain,
  • quietude,
  • nullify,
  • emasculate,
  • temper,
  • enchain,
  • overpower,
  • subvert,
  • smash,
  • check,
  • Silentness,
  • suppression,
  • settle,
  • smoothly,
  • cry down,
  • coolly,
  • dummy up,
  • Aphony,
  • crush,
  • rebuttal,
  • smother,
  • stone,
  • ataraxia,
  • respite,
  • paralyze,
  • truss,
  • Absence of Voice,
  • quietism,
  • placid,
  • undercurrent,
  • solitude,
  • contradict,
  • defeat,
  • repose,
  • lapidate,
  • facelessness,
  • strangle,
  • pistol,
  • mutedly,
  • unhinge,
  • keep quiet,
  • mollify,
  • soundproof,
  • Secretness,
  • gag,
  • soften,
  • sleep,
  • kill,
  • bury,
  • clam,
  • pax,
  • double up,
  • dumbly,
  • prostrate,
  • speechless,
  • waylay,
  • Becripple,
  • overwhelm,
  • shut off,
  • alleviate,
  • erase,
  • quiescence,
  • iron curtain,
  • hamstring,
  • sandbag,
  • Jugulate,
  • bottle up,
  • uncommunicative,
  • blacklist,
  • inaudible,
  • shame,
  • murder,
  • noiselessly,
  • prohibition,
  • repress,
  • mildly,
  • gun down,
  • murmur,
  • gently,
  • take life,
  • put,
  • serenely,
  • incommunicative,
  • interdiction,
  • indistinctly,
  • shoot,
  • lay low,
  • hide,
  • polish off,
  • slay,
  • truss up,
  • veto,
  • undermine,
  • keep secret,
  • incinerate,
  • shackle,
  • invalidate,
  • reject,
  • strike dumb,
  • get,
  • damp,
  • upset,
  • tranquillize,
  • rest period,
  • dead calm,
  • foil,
  • choke,
  • obscurity,
  • shut down,
  • waste,
  • decrease the volume,
  • quell,
  • lock up,
  • clinch an argument,
  • softly,
  • pipe down,
  • lower,
  • brevity,
  • keep down,
  • Ratten,
  • lock away,
  • manacle,
  • shortness,
  • mutely,
  • nevertheless,
  • huggermugger,
  • disarm,
  • disenable,
  • put out,
  • static,
  • Inertly,
  • quiet down,
  • censor,
  • deflate,
  • placidness,
  • control,
  • motionlessly,
  • hog-tie,
  • calmness,
  • shut up,
  • hold in,
  • censorship,
  • hold back,
  • relieve,
  • wordlessness,
  • nonacceptance,
  • tardily,
  • speechlessly,
  • brain,
  • dispatch,
  • lock in,
  • rub out,
  • button up,
  • put to death,
  • terseness,
  • Inarticulateness,
  • deny,
  • shut,
  • floor,
  • appease,
  • trip,
  • dead of night,
  • abash,
  • demolish,
  • noiseless,
  • bump off,
  • quietness,
  • cut to pieces,
  • disconfirm,
  • patiently,
  • nowhere,
  • dismissal,
  • aphonia,
  • dumb,
  • muffled,
  • liquidate,
  • Clandestinity,
  • disintegrate,
  • deck,
  • reservation,
  • cut down,
  • dumbfound,
  • negative,
  • can it,
  • rejection,
  • close up,
  • curtness,
  • hold one's tongue,
  • have,
  • nowheresville,
  • handcuff,
  • inarticulate,
  • allay,
  • solitariness,
  • explode,
  • blunt,
  • clam up,
  • neutralize,
  • argue down,
  • restrain,
  • quench,
  • white lie,
  • soft pedal,
  • answer conclusively,
  • assuage,
  • pacify,
  • sit on,
  • lock,
  • sit down on,
  • cork,
  • eliminate,
  • blackout,
  • do away with,
  • belt up,
  • HIT,
  • squash,
  • extinguish,
  • brusqueness,
  • cover up,
  • disable,
  • reserve,
  • tone down,
  • propitiate,
  • peace of mind,
  • faintly,
  • become silent,
  • sluggishly,
  • inactivity,
  • laconism,
  • dead,
  • shotgun,
  • implicit,
  • hush one's mouth,
  • dummy,
  • tenderly,
  • de-emphasize,
  • trip up,
  • Overset,
  • dismiss,
  • reticent,
  • overturn,
  • trample out,
  • choke off,
  • drop,
  • ice,
  • throttle,
  • mum,
  • fall silent,
  • quietus,
  • dispose of,
  • humble,
  • vaporize,
  • reticence,
  • riddle,
  • zap,
  • do in,
  • peaceably,
  • execute,
  • nirvana,
  • tonelessness,
  • stanch,
  • hush-hush,
  • cacoepy,
  • closeness,
  • imperturbability,
  • rest,
  • blow up,
  • muted,
  • placidly,
  • sulk.

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.