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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forbiddance; ban |
| Synonyms: | blackout, blue pencil, bowdlerization, control, forbidding, hush up, infringing on rights, iron curtain, restriction, suppression, thought control |
| Antonyms: | approval, compliment, encouragement, endorsement, praise, recommendation, sanction |
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| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absence of sound, speech |
| Synonyms: | blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness |
| Antonyms: | clamor, communication, noise, talk |
| Main Entry: | interdiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | a thou-shalt-not, ban, boycott, censorship, disallowance, don't, embargo, inhibition, injunction, limitation, no-no, off limits, out of bounds, prohibition, proscription, refusal, restriction, stoppage, suppression, taboo* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | noiselessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness |
| Main Entry: | quietness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness |
| Main Entry: | soundlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness |
| Main Entry: | speechlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, wordlessness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Main Entry: | quietness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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