| 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: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or be quiet |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
Antonyms: |
be noisy, communicate, talk |
| Main Entry: | soft-pedal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play down |
Synonyms: |
blue-pencil, euphemize, hush-hush, mitigate, moderate, palliate, put on the soft pedal, shush, subdue, tone down |
| Main Entry: | top secret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highly classified |
Synonyms: |
classified, hush-hush, supersecret, under security restrictions, under wraps |
| 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: | quieten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| 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: | shush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| 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 |