1. Adjective
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
2. Adjective
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
3. Adjective
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
4. Adjective
Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
5. Adjective
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
6. Noun
That which is silent; a time of silence.
7. Adjective
expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" - Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame" - Thomas Wolfe
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