silent

[ sahy-luhnt ]

/ ˈsaɪ lənt /

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adjective

making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.

refraining from speech.

speechless; mute.

not inclined to speak; taciturn; reticent.

characterized by absence of speech or sound: a silent prayer.

unspoken; tacit: a silent assent.

omitting mention of something, as in a narrative: The records are silent about this crime.

inactive or quiescent, as a volcano.

not sounded or pronounced: The “b” in “doubt” is a silent letter.

Movies. not having spoken dialogue or a soundtrack.

Medicine/Medical. producing no symptoms: silent gallstones.

noun

Usually silents. silent films.

Origin of silent

1555–65; < Latin silent- (stem of silēns), present participle of silēre to be quiet; see -ent

SYNONYMS FOR silent

1 soundless.

8 dormant.

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ANTONYMS FOR silent

1 noisy.

4 talkative.

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synonym study for silent

1. See still¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM silent

si·lent·ly, adverb si·lent·ness, noun o·ver·si·lent, adjective o·ver·si·lent·ly, adverb

o·ver·si·lent·ness, noun su·per·si·lent, adjective su·per·si·lent·ly, adverb un·si·lent, adjective un·si·lent·ly, adverb

Words nearby silent

silence is golden, silenced, silencer, silene, silenos, silent, silent alarm, silent area, silent auction, silent barter, silent butler

Example sentences from the Web for silent

Hitchcock had the historical good fortune to have worked from silent films through television.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock is silent for a moment as Batliner checks on Connery's availability.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His entry into the business of film making was as designer and writer of title cards for silent films.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Some were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.

‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis |Nina Strochlic |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The people behind the new film, however, have been silent on the issue.

‘The Hunger Games’ Stars Silent on Thai Protesters |Asawin Suebsaeng |November 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When first I saw Compton it was a cloudless noon in August, the day of days in which to come alone into this silent place.

Apologia Diffidentis |W. Compton Leith
The man looked confusedly up and down, to either hand, and was silent.

Sir Jasper Carew |Charles James Lever
Passing through the silent village they reached a long building which Gomez said was the Romanez hacienda.

The Coast of Adventure |Harold Bindloss
He felt she was looking at him, but being busy with the car he was silent.

Stubble |George Looms
He was silent and sedate, and conducted himself with astonishing dignity.

Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity |Sir Monier Monier-Williams

British Dictionary definitions for silent

silent

/ (ˈsaɪlənt) /

adjective

characterized by an absence or near absence of noise or sound a silent house

tending to speak very little or not at all

unable to speak

failing to speak, communicate, etc, when expected the witness chose to remain silent

not spoken or expressed silent assent

not active or in operation a silent volcano

(of a letter) used in the conventional orthography of a word but no longer pronounced in that word the ``k'' in ``know'' is silent

denoting a film that has no accompanying soundtrack, esp one made before 1927, when such soundtracks were developed

noun

a silent film

Derived forms of silent

silently, adverb silentness, noun

Word Origin for silent

C16: from Latin silēns, from silēre to be quiet

Medical definitions for silent

silent

[ sī′lənt ]

adj.

Producing no detectable signs or symptoms. Used of certain diseases or pathological processes.

Scientific definitions for silent

silent

[ sī′lənt ]

Relating to a mutation that changes a nucleotide in a codon without a difference in the amino acid for which it is coded. See more at point mutation.

Producing no detectable signs or symptoms, as a medical condition such as heart attack.

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