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adjective

1. Marked by, done with, or making no sound or noise: hushed, noiseless, quiet, soundless, still, stilly. Archaic hush. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
2. Not speaking freely or openly: close, close-mouthed, incommunicable, incommunicative, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative. See restraint/unrestraint, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
3. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, as from shock or fear: dumb, inarticulate, mum, mute, speechless, voiceless, wordless. See words.
4. Not voiced or expressed: tacit, undeclared, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless. See words.

adj

Definition: quiet; speechless
Antonyms: audible, clamorous, communicative, noisy, talkative

adj

Definition: understood, implied
Antonyms: explicit, spoken, tangible

IN BRIEF: Quiet, not speaking.

Be silent always when you doubt your sense. — Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet.

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Produces no audible sound.

• s. atria — see atrial standstill.
• s. estrus — see silent heat (below).
• s. heat — the behavior pattern in which the animal gives no behavioral signals that an ovarian follicle is maturing and rupturing although it is doing so or has just done so. Called also silent estrus.
• s. lung — breath sounds absent on auscultation; occurs over collapsed lung or lung shielded by fluid, pus, solid tissue.

For a list of words related to silent, see:

• Introverted, Reserved, Isolated, or Mysterious

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See words rhyming with "silent."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stille, tavs, lydløs, stum
n. - stumfilm

idioms:

• silent as the grave    stille som graven
• silent film    stumfilm
• silent majority    tavst flertal
• silent movie    stumfilm
• silent partner    passiv kompagnon, stille medlem

Nederlands (Dutch)
stil, stilzwijgend, zwijgend, rustig, zacht, stomme film

Français (French)
adj. - silencieux, taciturne, muet, (Cin) muet, (Ling) muet
n. - silencieux

idioms:

• silent as the grave    être muet comme une tombe
• silent film    film muet
• silent majority    majorité silencieuse
• silent movie    film muet
• silent partner    (Comm, Jur) commanditaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - still, schweigsam, stumm
n. - Stummfilm

idioms:

• silent as the grave    schweigen wie ein Grab
• silent film    Stummfilm
• silent majority    schweigende Mehrheit
• silent movie    Stummfilm
• silent partner    stiller Teilhaber

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σιωπηλός, αθόρυβος, άφωνος, βουβός
n. - σιωπηλός, σιωπηρός, αθόρυβος, άφωνος, βουβός

idioms:

• silent as the grave    με τη σιωπή του τάφου
• silent film    ταινία του βωβού κινηματογράφου
• silent majority    σιωπηλή πλειοψηφία
• silent movie    ταινία του βωβού κινηματογράφου
• silent partner    (ΗΠΑ) αφανής μέτοχος (εταιρίας)

Italiano (Italian)
film muto, silenzioso, taciturno

idioms:

• silent film/movie    film muto
• silent majority    maggioranza silenziosa
• silent partner    socio accomodante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - silencioso, taciturno, sossegado, mudo
n. - filme (m) mudo

idioms:

• silent film/movie    filme (m) mudo
• silent majority    cidadãos não políticos representantes do povo
• silent partner    sócio (m) comanditário

Русский (Russian)
молчаливый, умалчивающий, спокойный, бесшумный, непроизносимый, бездействующий, не имеющий запаха (о спирте)

idioms:

• silent film/movie    немой фильм
• silent majority    безмолвствующее большинство, рядовые американцы
• silent partner    пассивный партнер с неограниченной ответственностью, компаньон, представляющий фирму, но активно не работающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - silencioso, quedo, callado, mudo
n. - cine mudo

idioms:

• silent as the grave    extremadamente silencioso, callarse como un muerto, en un silencio sepulcral
• silent film    cine mudo
• silent majority    la mayoría silenciosa
• silent movie    cine mudo
• silent partner    socio comanditario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tyst, tystlåten, tigande, stilla
n. - stumfilm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
沉默的, 无声的, 休止的, 无声电影

idioms:

• silent as the grave    无声的, 一言不发的
• silent film    默片, 无声片
• silent majority    沉默的大多数, 指在政治上不大发表意见的美国大多数公众或其他缄默的大多数人
• silent movie    默片
• silent partner    秘密合伙人, 隐名股东

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 沈默的, 無聲的, 休止的
n. - 無聲電影

idioms:

• silent as the grave    無聲的, 一言不發的
• silent film    默片, 無聲片
• silent majority    沈默的大多數, 指在政治上不大發表意見的美國大多數公眾或其他緘默的大多數人
• silent movie    默片
• silent partner    秘密合夥人, 隱名股東

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 조용한, 무언의, ~을 언급하지 않는
n. - 무성 영화

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 沈黙した, 声を出さない, 静かな, ごぶさたしている, 沈黙を守って, 活動しない
n. - 無声映画

idioms:

• be silent as the grave    完全に秘密である
• silent film/movie    無声映画
• silent majority    物言わぬ大衆, 一般国民
• silent partner    匿名社員

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خامد, صامت, ساكت (الاسم) سكوت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שקט, שותק, מחריש, אילם, חרישי, פוסח על, לא מזכיר‬
n. - ‮סרט אילם‬

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