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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
Example Sentences
But she bounced back emphatically, silencing a small crowd of travelling Brann fans with her ruthless display in the second leg.
Rashford turned away to accept the acclaim of Barcelona's fans perched high in the Leazes End, the previous taunts of Newcastle's supporters silenced.
If a comedian as mainstream as Jimmy Kimmel is not safe from silencing, it is hard to imagine who is.
“As you will understand watching my Bella struggle in silence, has cut the deepest core of hopelessness inside me,” the elder Hadid said on Instagram.
So it was downright terrifying when McLachlan almost lost this voice last November, when a viral infection silenced it while she was preparing for the Canadian leg of her “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” anniversary tour.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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