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silent
adjective as in quiet; speechless
Strongest matches
hushed, mum, mute, restrained, reticent
Weak matches
bashful, buttoned-up, checked, clammed up, close, closed-up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up, faint, hush, iced, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkative, reserved, shy, silentious, soundless, still, struck dumb, taciturn, tongue-tied, unclear, uncommunicative, unheard, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped
adjective as in understood, implied
Weak matches
aphonic, implicit, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, tacit, unexpressed, unpronounced, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless
Example Sentences
After a moment of awkward silence, another man emerged to announce: “The maestro hears voices in the hall. Please try to keep silent. Thank you.”
The herd fell silent as the monster marched out from the shadows and into the middle of the barn.
Press the start button—to the left of the steering wheel, where it’s always been—and the Turbo S goes from silent to seething in an instant.
Is the silent party asking for an open relationship?
"The fact that the voices of the people of Gaza are completely silent in anything we're hearing from the education minister coming from Israel is very concerning."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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