Definitions for silent
ˈsaɪ ləntsilent

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. silent, soundless, stilladjective

   marked by absence of sound

   "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still"

2. mum, silentadjective

   failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to

   "the witness remained silent"

3. silent, tacit, understoodadjective

   implied by or inferred from actions or statements

   "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"

4. silent, unsoundedadjective

   not made to sound

   "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"

5. silentadjective

   having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility

   "a silent dog whistle"

6. dumb, mute, silentadjective

   unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. silentnoun

   That which is silent; a time of silence.

2. silentnoun

   A silent movie

3. silentadjective

   Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

4. silentadjective

   Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.

5. silentadjective

   Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent. Parnell. Sir W. Raleigh.

6. silentadjective

   Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, "e is silent in fable."

7. silentadjective

   Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.

8. silentadjective

   Without audio capability.

   The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.

9. silentadjective

   Hidden, unseen, as a silent voter or silent partner.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Silentadjective

   free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet

2. Silentadjective

   not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative

3. Silentadjective

   keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent

4. Silentadjective

   not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."

5. Silentadjective

   having no effect; not operating; inefficient

6. Silentnoun

   that which is silent; a time of silence

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1. Silent

   Silent were a Brazilian arena rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'silent' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2626

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'silent' in Adjectives Frequency: #357

Anagrams for silent »

1. enlist

2. leints

3. inlets

4. tinsel

5. listen

How to pronounce silent?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say silent in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of silent in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of silent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of silent in a Sentence

1. Meryl Streep:

   I was n’t deliberately silent. I did n’t know. I don’t tacitly approve of rape. I did n’t know. I don’t like young women being assaulted. I did n’t know this was happening.

2. The wise Pharoah Moe:

   Have you ever felt a desert-like lonliness, facing all the lions, hyenas and snakes of your imagination, with no weapon, no partner, nothing but silent, ugly, harmful aloe vera plants all around you? Giving up will only means death, while fighting, means death too..

3. Maria Lopez:

   This is injustice against the most vulnerable people on this planet : little children, and we can't stay silent.

4. Michael Rakowitz:

   Almost as soon as Carolyn [Christov-Bakargiev] showed me these images of this atelier, I immediately understood that also, as a city, it was these Armenian fingers and hands that were creating these motifs on the building that were bearing silent witness to the trauma in the past 100 years. And it was almost like this architectural seance, where these citizens that were forcibly forgotten, were able to come back in.

5. Voltaire:

   There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.

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