silent
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˈsaɪlənt/
- Specialized
:
inaudible
- - Gonna put my phone on silent.
Examples
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No PC can be more silent than one that's not in the same room, right?
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My phone must be on silent.
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I thought I had this thing on silent.
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At night, it's so silent It's like you can hear the grass grow.
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Way down below, in a canyon of silent buildings, a lone figure walks.
Fiction book (1998) -
All the animals are active, happy, but totally silent, as if they know the precariousness of their position.
Fiction book (1999) -
The mountain man walked like a big panther, silent and sure.
Fiction book (2001) -
The teacher remained silent, leaned over the first-row desk of the accused.
Fiction book (1997) -
The steamer fell silent and she handed him his latte.
Academic text (2010) -
The appliance operates in complete silence, ensuring a silent environment at night.
Synonyms
274
5.6
So quiet that you cannot hear it
1
8.9
Very low sound waves that people cannot hear
Too quiet for people to notice with their ears
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
13
6.0
A person who gives money to a business but does not help run it or show they are involved
- Literature
7
5.6
A large group of people who do not speak in public yet hold views not heard from loud groups
How Audible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Silent comes from the Latin silere, 'to be quiet', and is the same root as silence. So we call some sounds silent when they are too high or too low for human ears to hear.