Thesaurus:silent

Thesaurus

silent

English

Adjective

Sense: free from sound or noise

Synonyms

• dumb (dated)
• silent
• silential (obsolete)
• still
• mute    [⇒ thesaurus]
• noiseless
• soundless
• quiet    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• loud
• noisy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• quiet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unsilent
• nonsilent

Various

• anechoic
• asonant
• inaudible
• echoless
• obmutescent
• mum
• mumchance
• mute    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nonvocal
• speechless
• shtoom (slang)
• voiceless
• whist
• wordless
• tongueless
• tuneless
• clickless
• songless
• musicless

See also

• Thesaurus:silence
• Thesaurus:make silent
• Thesaurus:taciturn

Further reading

• “403. silence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “581. aphony” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “585. taciturnity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “silent” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.