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silence
noun as in absence of sound, speech
Strong matches
censorship, death, dumbness, hush, laconism, muteness, noiselessness, quiescence, quietness, quietude, reserve, sleep, speechlessness, still, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness
Weak matches
dead air, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, saturninity
verb as in make or be quiet
Strongest matches
cut off, gag, muffle, mute, muzzle, quash, quell, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress
Strong matches
clam, dampen, deaden, dull, extinguish, hush, lull, overawe, quiet, quieten, shush, soft pedal, still, tongue-tie
Weak matches
choke off, clam up, close up, cool it, cut short, decrease the volume, dry up, dumb, dummy up, hold one's tongue, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, pipe down, quiet down, say nothing, shut up, sit on, strike dumb
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Example Sentences
They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
If so, he has his silence -- on top of poor judgment -- to blame.
Jay is hard to empathize with and his silence suggests that, yeah, something is up.
“Do not use complaints, courts and lawyers to beat and to silence the enemy,” the NOA activists wrote.
The families announced along with it that they had entered a “phase of silence” surrounding the details of the new deal.
The hum of earnest or glad voices here contrasted strongly with silence and meditation there.
Janet's silence impressed Hilda: it was not merely strange--it was formidable: it affected the whole day.
When he had finished, she took them from his hand, and turning them round in agitated silence, examined their seals and writing.
Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
There was a deep silence throughout the whole bivouac; some were sleeping, and those who watched were in no humour for idle chat.
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On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to silence, such as: blackout, calm, lull, peace, quiet, and reticence.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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