silent
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- adjective
- /ˈsaɪlənt/
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silencioso
- All these women who are pushing us but then are silent with this issue.
- silent reading
- fall silent
- a silent room
They just fell silent, totally silent and still.
- They just fell silent, totally silent and still.
- And it was completely silent and all these people lined up.
- It is just this inherently peaceful, silent, witnessing, knowing presence.
- The vast planes of Africa would be silent and quiet.
- But then when I would wake up, it'd be like silent and it wouldn't feel nice.
Examples
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And then the radio went silent.
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One day, we sat for a few silent moments in the chapel of Merton College.
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So it starts off as a silent event.
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But yet we are completely silent about this.
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And it was totally silent, and he was just sitting there.
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It's like all that went silent and then you just heard this single crack.
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The room went silent as I dug into this.
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And it was completely silent and all these people lined up.
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Once busy streets are eerily silent as many have fled.
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The forest was silent as the snow fell softly to the ground.
Synonyms
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Not moving or making a sound
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Very quiet in a careful, respectful, or secret way
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Not using speech, often shown by a look or gesture
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Completely quiet with no sound at all
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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A person who gives money to a business but does not help run it or show they are involved
- Literature
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A large group of people who do not speak in public yet hold views not heard from loud groups
How Silent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Silent comes from the Latin word silere, which means 'to be quiet' and is the same root as silence. So a silent place is simply one that makes no sound.