What is another word for silence?
1300 synonyms found
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Pronunciation:
[ sˈa͡ɪləns], [ sˈaɪləns], [ s_ˈaɪ_l_ə_n_s]
Silence is the absence of sound, but there are a variety of synonyms that can convey different nuances of the word. Serenity implies a peaceful silence, while stillness can refer to a lack of movement or activity. Quietness suggests a hushed or subdued sound, whereas muteness is the inability to speak or make noise. Tranquility and calm can both refer to a peaceful silence but evoke different feelings for the speaker or the setting. Sometimes, silence is used to convey secrecy, so reticence or reserve might be appropriate synonyms. Finally, peace can convey both a lack of sound and a state of calm and unity.
Related words: silence of the lambs, muteness, deafness, deaf dumb and mute, no sound, soundless, soundlessness, inaudible, inaudibleness
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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)
- 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)
- confute
- humble
- impede
- isolation
- noun
- pacify
- quiet
- stop
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Silence:
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adj.
• sedative • slumberous -
n.
• absence of sound, speech • attribute • calm • deafness • death • decease- de cease ,
- de ceases ,
- de function ,
- de functions ,
- de-cease ,
- de-ceases ,
- de-function ,
- de-functions ,
- defunctions ,
- passing aways ,
- the ends .
- de mise ,
- de mises ,
- de-mise ,
- de-mises ,
- final thrills ,
- last outs ,
- last roundups ,
- lights outs ,
- number up ,
- number ups ,
- number's ups ,
- numbers up ,
- numbers ups .
- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de composition ,
- de compositions ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- de-composition ,
- de-compositions ,
- dis appearance ,
- dis appearances ,
- dis continuation ,
- dis continuations ,
- dis missal ,
- dis missals ,
- dis solution ,
- dis solutions ,
- dis-appearance ,
- dis-appearances ,
- dis-continuation ,
- dis-continuations ,
- dis-missal ,
- dis-missals ,
- dis-solution ,
- dis-solutions ,
- liquefactions ,
- meltings ,
- re solutions ,
- re-solution ,
- re-solutions .
- re serve ,
- re serves ,
- re-serve ,
- re-serves ,
- self restraint ,
- selfrestraint ,
- un responsiveness ,
- un responsivenesses ,
- un-responsiveness ,
- un-responsivenesses .
-
v.
• confute- blew sky high ,
- blowing sky high ,
- blows sky high ,
- bring naught ,
- bringing naught ,
- bringing to naught ,
- brings naught ,
- brings to naught ,
- brought naught ,
- brought to naught ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis prove ,
- dis proved ,
- dis proves ,
- dis proving ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays ,
- dis-prove ,
- dis-proved ,
- dis-proves ,
- dis-proving ,
- ex pose ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-pose ,
- ex-posed ,
- ex-posing ,
- in validate ,
- in validated ,
- in validates ,
- in validating ,
- in-validate ,
- in-validated ,
- in-validates ,
- in-validating ,
- knocksed props out from under ,
- knockses props out from under ,
- knocksing props out from under ,
- over came ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over threw ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over turned ,
- over turning ,
- over turns ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-came ,
- over-come ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- over-threw ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- over-turn ,
- over-turned ,
- over-turning ,
- over-turns ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- proved false ,
- proves false ,
- proves wrong ,
- proving false ,
- proving wrong ,
- re butted ,
- re butting ,
- re-butted ,
- re-butting ,
- sets aside ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- be mean ,
- be meaning ,
- be means ,
- be-mean ,
- be-meaning ,
- be-means ,
- bemeaning ,
- bemeans ,
- casts down ,
- cut quick ,
- cut the quick ,
- cut to quick ,
- cuts quick ,
- cuts the quick ,
- cuts to quick ,
- cuts to the quick ,
- cutting quick ,
- cutting the quick ,
- cutting to quick ,
- cutting to the quick ,
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de mean ,
- de meaning ,
- de means ,
- de mote ,
- de motes ,
- de moting ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- de-mean ,
- de-meaning ,
- de-means ,
- de-mote ,
- de-motes ,
- de-moting ,
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credited ,
- dis crediting ,
- dis credits ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credited ,
- dis-crediting ,
- dis-credits ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- made eat dirt ,
- made feel small ,
- made one feel small ,
- make feel small ,
- makes eat dirt ,
- makes feel small ,
- makes one feel small ,
- making eat dirt ,
- making feel small ,
- making one feel small ,
- pop balloon ,
- pop one balloon ,
- pop ones balloon ,
- popped balloon ,
- popped one balloon ,
- popped one's balloon ,
- popped ones balloon ,
- popping balloon ,
- popping one balloon ,
- popping one's balloon ,
- popping ones balloon ,
- pops balloon ,
- pops one balloon ,
- pops one's balloon ,
- pops ones balloon ,
- put shame ,
- puts one away ,
- putting one away ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- strikes dumb ,
- striking dumb ,
- strook dumb ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues ,
- take down peg ,
- takes down a peg ,
- takes down peg ,
- taking down a peg ,
- taking down peg ,
- took down a peg ,
- took down peg .
- dis patch ,
- dis patched ,
- dis patches ,
- dis patching ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patched ,
- dis-patches ,
- dis-patching ,
- ex terminate ,
- ex terminated ,
- ex terminates ,
- ex terminating ,
- ex-terminate ,
- ex-terminated ,
- ex-terminates ,
- ex-terminating ,
- finishes off ,
- finishing off ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving .
- deaden ,
- dull ,
- shush ,
- soft-pedal .
- de aden ,
- de adens ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-aden ,
- de-adens ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- puts the lid on ,
- putting lid on ,
- putting the lid on ,
- sat down on ,
- sate down on ,
- sits down on ,
- sitting down on ,
- softpedal .
- be numb ,
- be numbed ,
- be numbing ,
- be numbs ,
- be-numb ,
- be-numbed ,
- be-numbing ,
- be-numbs ,
- corks up ,
- decreased the volume ,
- decreased volume ,
- decreases the volume ,
- decreases volume ,
- decreasing the volume ,
- decreasing volume ,
- keeping down ,
- keeping it down ,
- keeps down ,
- keeps it down ,
- kept it down ,
- piped down ,
- pipes down ,
- piping down ,
- puts damper on ,
- putting damper on .
- clamped down on ,
- clamping down on ,
- clamps down on ,
- cracked down on ,
- cracks down on ,
- dries up ,
- dummies up ,
- dummying up ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re strict ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- re-strict ,
- tongue tied ,
- tongue ties ,
- tongue tying ,
- tongue-ties ,
- tongue-tying ,
- tonguetie ,
- tonguetied ,
- tongueties ,
- tonguetying .
- buried hatchet ,
- buried the hatchet ,
- buries hatchet ,
- buries the hatchet ,
- bury hatchet ,
- burying hatchet ,
- burying the hatchet ,
- kiss make up ,
- kissed and make up ,
- kissed make up ,
- kisses and make up ,
- kisses make up ,
- kissing and make up ,
- kissing make up ,
- laying back ,
- lays back ,
- made peace ,
- makes peace ,
- making peace ,
- pacificated ,
- pacificates ,
- pacificating ,
- smoothed over ,
- smoothing over ,
- smooths over ,
- take edge off ,
- takes edge off ,
- takes the edge off ,
- taking edge off ,
- taking the edge off ,
- took edge off ,
- took the edge off .
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- sate on ,
- sits on ,
- sub jugate .
- argued against ,
- argues against ,
- burned down ,
- burning down ,
- burnt down ,
- canceling out ,
- cancels out ,
- de bate ,
- de bated ,
- de bates ,
- de bating ,
- de-bate ,
- de-bated ,
- de-bates ,
- de-bating ,
- dis claim ,
- dis claimed ,
- dis claiming ,
- dis claims ,
- dis confirm ,
- dis confirmed ,
- dis confirming ,
- dis confirms ,
- dis-claim ,
- dis-claimed ,
- dis-claiming ,
- dis-claims ,
- dis-confirm ,
- dis-confirmed ,
- dis-confirming ,
- dis-confirms ,
- disconfirms ,
- gave lie to ,
- gave the lie to ,
- gave thumbs down to ,
- gives lie to ,
- gives the lie to ,
- gives thumbs down to ,
- giving lie to ,
- giving the lie to ,
- giving thumbs down to ,
- replies to ,
- replying to ,
- shoot full holes ,
- shooting down ,
- shooting full holes ,
- shooting full of holes ,
- shoots down ,
- shoots full holes ,
- shoots full of holes ,
- shot full holes ,
- shot full of holes ,
- take stand against ,
- takes a stand against ,
- takes stand against ,
- taking a stand against ,
- taking stand against ,
- took a stand against ,
- took stand against .
- gridlocking ,
- jammed up ,
- jamming up ,
- jams up ,
- keep check ,
- keeping check ,
- keeping under wraps ,
- keeps check ,
- keeps in ,
- keeps in check ,
- keeps under wraps ,
- kept check ,
- kept in check ,
- kept under wraps ,
- quelched ,
- quelches ,
- quelching ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re-press ,
- re-pressed ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- simmered down ,
- simmering down ,
- simmers down ,
- threw cold water on ,
- throwing cold water on ,
- throws cold water on .
- falling silent ,
- falls silent ,
- fell silent ,
- held tongue ,
- holding tongue ,
- holds tongue ,
- keeping trap shut ,
- keeps trap shut ,
- kept trap shut ,
- quits chattering ,
- quitted chattering ,
- quitting chattering ,
- stopped talking ,
- stopping talking ,
- stops talking ,
- stopt talking .
- bring screeching halt ,
- bringing screeching halt ,
- bringing to screeching halt ,
- brings screeching halt ,
- brings to screeching halt ,
- brought screeching halt ,
- brought to screeching halt ,
- choked back ,
- chokes back ,
- choking back ,
- clamped down ,
- clamps down ,
- cracked down ,
- cracking down ,
- cracks down .
Other synonyms:
- come between ,
- denial ,
- disbar ,
- freeze-out ,
- hogtie ,
- hold on to ,
- interdiction ,
- noiseless ,
- nonacceptance ,
- quietness ,
- rebuttal ,
- refusal ,
- restrain ,
- restraint ,
- shackle ,
- soundless ,
- stand between ,
- voice ,
- waylay ,
- wordlessness .
- bar .
- hold .
- ban ,
- blacklist ,
- debar ,
- deflect ,
- gag ,
- hear from ,
- hem in ,
- keep out ,
- monopolize ,
- peace ,
- prevent ,
- prohibition ,
- rest ,
- sulk ,
- thwart .
- challenge ,
- correspond ,
- sideline ,
- silent .
- disturb ,
- maintain ,
- rejection ,
- resistance .
- contact .
Other relevant words:
- Bottled ,
- Bottling ,
- Burkes ,
- Burking ,
- Dulling ,
- EVERTS ,
- Everted ,
- Strangulated ,
- Suppressing ,
- Torpedoes ,
- argue against ,
- balmed ,
- beat down ,
- bring to screeching halt ,
- burke ,
- burked ,
- burn down ,
- burns down ,
- cancel out ,
- canceled out ,
- cancelled out ,
- cancelling out ,
- choke back ,
- clamp down ,
- clamp down on ,
- clamping down ,
- confute ,
- constipate ,
- constipates ,
- constipating ,
- cork up ,
- corked ,
- corked up ,
- corking ,
- corking up ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- crack down ,
- crack down on ,
- cracking down on ,
- decrease the volume ,
- decrease volume ,
- disconfirm ,
- disconfirmed ,
- disconfirming ,
- dried up ,
- dry up ,
- drying up ,
- dulls ,
- dummied up ,
- dummy up ,
- evert ,
- everting ,
- fall silent ,
- finish off ,
- finished off ,
- give the lie to ,
- give thumbs down to ,
- gridlock ,
- gridlocked ,
- held in ,
- hold down ,
- hold in ,
- hold tongue ,
- holding in ,
- humble ,
- iced ,
- isolation ,
- jam up ,
- keep down ,
- keep in ,
- keep in check ,
- keep it down ,
- keep secret ,
- keep trap shut ,
- keep under wraps ,
- keeping in ,
- keeping in check ,
- kept down ,
- kept in ,
- kept secret ,
- liquidate ,
- muffle ,
- mute ,
- muzzle ,
- pacify ,
- pipe down ,
- put an end to ,
- put damper on ,
- put down ,
- put end to ,
- put kibosh on ,
- put lid on ,
- put the lid on ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- quelch ,
- quell ,
- quiet ,
- quieten ,
- quietened ,
- quit chattering ,
- refute ,
- replied to ,
- reply to ,
- repress ,
- shoot down ,
- shoot full of holes ,
- shot down ,
- shut up ,
- simmer down ,
- sit down on ,
- sit on ,
- sitting on ,
- stifle ,
- stop ,
- stop talking ,
- strangulate ,
- strangulates ,
- strangulating ,
- suppress ,
- take a stand against ,
- throttle ,
- throw cold water on ,
- tongue tie ,
- tongue-tie ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- turn down .
- Parried ,
- blow sky high ,
- bring to naught ,
- knocks props out from under ,
- over turn ,
- prove false ,
- prove wrong ,
- proved wrong ,
- set aside ,
- setting aside ,
- up set .
- Bemean ,
- bemeaned ,
- cast down ,
- casting down ,
- cut to the quick ,
- make eat dirt ,
- make one feel small ,
- pop one's balloon ,
- put one away ,
- strike dumb ,
- struck dumb ,
- take down a peg .
- Absence of Voice ,
- Aphony ,
- Arriere Pensee ,
- Ataraxy ,
- Becripple ,
- Clandestinity ,
- Dysphony ,
- FRAG ,
- HIT ,
- Inarticulateness ,
- Inertly ,
- Jugulate ,
- Misprision ,
- Obmutescence ,
- Occultness ,
- Overmatch ,
- Overset ,
- Pauciloquy ,
- Ratten ,
- Raucity ,
- Redargue ,
- Secretness ,
- Silentness ,
- abash ,
- absence of noise ,
- absence of sound ,
- absorb ,
- after that ,
- allay ,
- alleviate ,
- always ,
- anagoge ,
- answer ,
- answer conclusively ,
- anticyclone ,
- aphonia ,
- appease ,
- argue down ,
- asphyxiate ,
- assassinate ,
- assuage ,
- ataraxia ,
- be quiet ,
- be silent ,
- be still ,
- become silent ,
- belt up ,
- blackout ,
- blow to pieces ,
- blow up ,
- blunt ,
- bottle up ,
- brain ,
- break ,
- brevity ,
- briefness ,
- bring down ,
- brusqueness ,
- bump off ,
- bury ,
- button up ,
- cabala ,
- cacoepy ,
- calm ,
- calm down ,
- calmly ,
- calmness ,
- can it ,
- censor ,
- censorship ,
- check ,
- choke ,
- choke off ,
- clam ,
- clam up ,
- clinch an argument ,
- close up ,
- closeness ,
- composure ,
- conceal ,
- concealment ,
- conciseness ,
- confidentiality ,
- confound ,
- constantly ,
- contemplation ,
- contradict ,
- control ,
- controvert ,
- cool it ,
- coolly ,
- cork ,
- cramp ,
- cripple ,
- crush ,
- cry down ,
- curb ,
- curtains ,
- curtness ,
- cut down ,
- cut short ,
- cut to pieces ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- de-emphasize ,
- dead ,
- dead air ,
- dead calm ,
- dead of night ,
- death ,
- decease ,
- deck ,
- defeat ,
- deflate ,
- demise ,
- demolish ,
- deny ,
- despatch ,
- destroy ,
- disable ,
- disarm ,
- discourage ,
- disenable ,
- disintegrate ,
- dismiss ,
- dispatch ,
- dispose of ,
- disprove ,
- disqualify ,
- dissolution ,
- do away with ,
- do for ,
- do in ,
- double up ,
- drop ,
- drown ,
- dully ,
- dumb ,
- dumbfound ,
- dumbly ,
- dummy ,
- ease ,
- eliminate ,
- emasculate ,
- enchain ,
- erase ,
- evasion ,
- ever ,
- execute ,
- explode ,
- expose ,
- extinguish ,
- facelessness ,
- faintly ,
- falsetto ,
- fell ,
- finish ,
- floor ,
- garrote ,
- garrotte ,
- gently ,
- get ,
- gloss over ,
- gun down ,
- hamstring ,
- handcuff ,
- have ,
- hide ,
- hobble ,
- hog-tie ,
- hold back ,
- hold one's tongue ,
- hugger mugger ,
- huggermugger ,
- humiliate ,
- hush one's mouth ,
- hush up ,
- hush-hush ,
- ice ,
- imperturbability ,
- implicit ,
- inactivity ,
- inarticulate ,
- inaudible ,
- incapacitate ,
- incinerate ,
- incommunicative ,
- indistinctly ,
- inhibit ,
- invalidate ,
- iron curtain ,
- jump on ,
- keep mum ,
- keep quiet ,
- keep under ,
- kill ,
- laconism ,
- lame ,
- lapidate ,
- lay low ,
- lightly ,
- limbo ,
- lock ,
- lock away ,
- lock in ,
- lock up ,
- lower ,
- maim ,
- make motionless ,
- manacle ,
- mildly ,
- mitigate ,
- mollify ,
- mortify ,
- motionless ,
- motionlessly ,
- muffled ,
- mum ,
- murder ,
- murmur ,
- muted ,
- mutedly ,
- mutely ,
- mystery ,
- negative ,
- neutralize ,
- nevertheless ,
- nirvana ,
- noiselessly ,
- nonplus ,
- nowhere ,
- nowheresville ,
- nullify ,
- oblivion ,
- obscurity ,
- overawe ,
- overcome ,
- overmaster ,
- overpower ,
- overthrow ,
- overturn ,
- overwhelm ,
- paralyze ,
- parry ,
- passing ,
- patiently ,
- pax ,
- peace of mind ,
- peaceably ,
- peacefully ,
- peacefulness ,
- pistol ,
- placate ,
- placid ,
- placidity ,
- placidly ,
- placidness ,
- poleax ,
- polish off ,
- privacy ,
- privateness ,
- propitiate ,
- prostrate ,
- put ,
- put away ,
- put out ,
- put to death ,
- quash ,
- quench ,
- quiesce ,
- quiescence ,
- quiescency ,
- quiet down ,
- quietism ,
- quietly ,
- quietude ,
- quietus ,
- rebut ,
- reduce to silence ,
- reject ,
- relieve ,
- repose ,
- reservation ,
- reserve ,
- respite ,
- rest period ,
- restfulness ,
- reticence ,
- reticent ,
- riddle ,
- rub out ,
- satori ,
- saturninity ,
- say nothing ,
- secrecy ,
- secretiveness ,
- serene ,
- serenely ,
- serenity ,
- settle ,
- shame ,
- shoot ,
- shortness ,
- shotgun ,
- shut ,
- shut away ,
- shut down ,
- shut off ,
- silently ,
- slay ,
- sleek over ,
- sleep ,
- slight ,
- slowly ,
- sluggishly ,
- slumber ,
- smash ,
- smoothly ,
- smother ,
- snub ,
- snuff out ,
- soft pedal ,
- soften ,
- softly ,
- solitariness ,
- soothe ,
- soundlessly ,
- soundproof ,
- speechless ,
- speechlessly ,
- sprain ,
- squash ,
- squelch ,
- stab to death ,
- stammer ,
- stamp out ,
- stanch ,
- static ,
- stone ,
- strangle ,
- stultify ,
- subdue ,
- subvert ,
- suffocate ,
- sullenness ,
- suppression ,
- surmount ,
- tacit ,
- take down ,
- take life ,
- tardily ,
- temper ,
- tenderly ,
- terseness ,
- tone down ,
- tonelessness ,
- trample out ,
- trample underfoot ,
- tranquility ,
- tranquilize ,
- tranquillise ,
- tranquillity ,
- tranquillize ,
- tranquilly ,
- trip ,
- trip up ,
- truss ,
- truss up ,
- uncommunicative ,
- uncommunicativeness ,
- undercurrent ,
- undermine ,
- unfit ,
- unhinge ,
- upset ,
- vaporise ,
- vaporize ,
- waste ,
- whist ,
- white lie ,
- whitewash ,
- zap .
- kiss and make up ,
- laid back ,
- lay back ,
- make peace ,
- pacificate ,
- pacifies ,
- smooth over ,
- take the edge off .
- clammed up ,
- clamming up ,
- cool out ,
- held down ,
- hold it down ,
- inactivate ,
- inactivated ,
- inactivates ,
- inactivating ,
- patch things up ,
- take the bite out of .
- Stoppering ,
- choked off ,
- choking off ,
- occlude ,
- put a stop to ,
- put stop to ,
- rein in ,
- reined in ,
- reins in ,
- staunched ,
- staunches ,
- staunching ,
- stoppered ,
- ward off .
- Defunction ,
- Loneness ,
- ST ,
- STS ,
- breathing spell ,
- disbandment ,
- disbandments ,
- final thrill ,
- huggermuggery ,
- last out ,
- last roundup ,
- liquefaction ,
- lonesomeness ,
- lull ,
- number's up ,
- passing away ,
- pausation ,
- peace and quiet ,
- quarantine ,
- reclusiveness ,
- shyness ,
- singleness ,
- soundlessness ,
- taciturnity ,
- the end ,
- time out ,
- timeout .
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How to use "Silence" in context?
The word "silence" holds a respectful power in our society. Silence can be a tool to communicate love, calming in an emergency, or an ominous overture. Silence can be a protector or destroyer. Silence has the capability to keep secrets and reveal truths. Silence can be indicative of respectful listening or withholding commentary. Silence can build anticipation or crush hope. Silence can be the precursor to conversation or a declaration of total indifference. Silence can be beautiful and serene in the right circumstances or oppressive and heinous in the wrong ones. Silence can be hear and seen, heard and felt. Silence can be a voice or it can be a silence.
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
owing, settling, Mentioning.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
ignores.
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Interjection
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Other Related
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.
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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sucres
- Synonyms:
- dominoes, dominos.
