Synonyms of the word silence


SILENCECONDITION - CONQUER - CURB - HUSH - INHIBIT - MUTENESS - QUIET - QUIETEN - SECRECY - SECRETIVENESS - STATUS - STILL - SUBDUE - SUPPRESS - UNCOMMUNICATIVENESS

silence

  • n. The lack of any sound.
  • n. The act of refraining from speaking.
  • n. Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.
  • v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
  • v. (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
  • v. (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
  • interj. A common imperative instructing the addressed to remain silent.

condition

  • n. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
  • n. A requirement, term, or requisite.
  • n. (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal…
  • n. The health status of a medical patient.
  • n. The state or quality.
  • n. A particular state of being.
  • n. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
  • v. To subject to the process of acclimation.
  • v. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
  • v. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
  • v. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
  • v. (transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
  • v. (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
  • v. (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
  • v. (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up…
  • v. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged…

conquer

  • v. To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
  • v. To overcome an abstract obstacle.
  • v. To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
  • v. To acquire by force of arms, win in war.

curb

  • n. (Canada, US) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK).
  • n. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
  • n. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
  • n. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by…
  • n. (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with…
  • n. A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint,…
  • v. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
  • v. (transitive) To rein in.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
  • v. (transitive) To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
  • v. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
  • v. (transitive) To bend or curve.
  • v. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.

hush

  • v. (intransitive) to become quiet.
  • v. (transitive) to make quiet.
  • v. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
  • n. A silence, especially after some noise.
  • n. A mining method using water.

inhibit

  • v. to hinder; to restrain.

muteness

  • n. The characteristic of being mute.

quiet

  • adj. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
  • adj. Having little motion or activity; calm.
  • adj. Not busy, of low quantity.
  • adj. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
  • adj. Not showy; undemonstrative.
  • adj. (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
  • v. To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
  • v. To cause someone to become quiet.
  • n. The absence of sound; quietness.
  • n. the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
  • interj. Be quiet.

quieten

  • v. (transitive) To make quiet.
  • v. (intransitive) To become quiet.

secrecy

  • n. Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
  • n. The habit of keeping secrets.

secretiveness

  • n. The state or characteristic of being secretive.

status

  • n. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
  • n. Prestige or high standing.
  • n. A situation or state of affairs.
  • n. (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
  • n. (social networking) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message…

still

  • adj. Not moving; calm.
  • adj. Not effervescing; not sparkling.
  • adj. Uttering no sound; silent.
  • adj. (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time.
  • adj. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
  • adj. (obsolete) Constant; continual.
  • adv. Without motion.
  • adv. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
  • adv. (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
  • adv. (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
  • adv. (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
  • adv. (extensive) Even, yet.
  • n. A period of calm or silence.
  • n. (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
  • n. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
  • n. A steep hill or ascent.
  • n. a device for distilling liquids.
  • n. (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
  • n. (catering) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
  • n. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
  • v. to calm down, to quiet.
  • v. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
  • v. To cause to fall by drops.
  • v. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

subdue

  • v. To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
  • v. To bring (a country) under control by force.

suppress

  • v. To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
  • v. To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
  • v. (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
  • v. To prevent publication.
  • v. To stop a flow or stream.
  • v. (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
  • v. (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
  • v. (obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

uncommunicativeness

  • n. The quality of being uncommunicative.

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