English Explanatory Dictionary

silent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
  2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
  3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
  4. Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
  5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
  6. With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
  7. Without audio capability.
  8. Hidden, unseen.
  9. Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
  10. Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
  11. Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
  12. Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.
noun
  1. That which is silent; a time of silence.
  2. A silent movie
noun
  1. Acronym of syndrome of irreversible lithium-effectuated neurotoxicity.
noun
  1. A member of the Silent Generation.

Pronunciation

/ˈsaɪ̯lənt/ [ˈsaɪ̯lənt] ~ [ˈsaɪ̯ln̩t] en-us-silent.ogg /ˈsaːlənt/ [ˈsaːlənt] ~ [ˈsaːln̩t]

Word forms

silent silenter more silent silentest most silent scilent silents

Etymology

From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow still, be silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).

Synonyms

taciturn mute still invisible occluded silent silential noiseless soundless quiet speechless dumb dormant quiescent servile concealed

Antonyms

loud noisy unsilent nonsilent

Related words

silence silentiary silentious anechoic asonant inaudible echoless obmutescent mum mumchance nonvocal speechless shtoom voiceless whist wordless tongueless tuneless clickless songless musicless make silent taciturn

Derived words

be silent fall silent immunosilent nonsilent on silent oversilent phosphosilent pseudosilent radio silent right to remain silent serosilent silent agitator silent alarm silent as a grave silent as the grave silent as the tomb silent auction silent barter silent but deadly silent butler silent-but-violent silent cinema silent commerce silent cop silent disco silent e silent fart silent film silent forest syndrome silent fox silent fox gesture Silent Grove silent h silentish silent key silent killer silent listing silently silent majority silent miscarriage silent mode silent mutation silentness silent number silent partner silent picture silent policeman silent Sam silent service silent treatment Silent Valley silent vote silent whistle strong silent type ultrasilent unsilent
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