silence

silence is a 7-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, interjection, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
2. noun. Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
3. noun. Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
4. noun. The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
5. noun. Absence of mention; oblivion.
6. interjection. Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
7. transitive verb. To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
8. transitive verb. To put to rest; to quiet.
9. transitive verb. To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.
10. transitive verb. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
11. noun. a refusal to speak when expected

    "his silence about my contribution was surprising"

    Synonyms: muteness

12. noun. the trait of keeping things secret

    Synonyms: secrecy, secretiveness

13. noun. the absence of sound

    "he needed silence in order to sleep"

    "the street was quiet"

    Synonyms: quiet

14. noun. the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

    "there was a shocked silence"

    "he gestured for silence"

15. verb. cause to be quiet or not talk

    "Please silence the children in the church!"

    Synonyms: hush, quieten, still

16. verb. keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

    "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"

Synonyms

muteness, secrecy, secretiveness, quiet, hush, quieten, still

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in silence:

license, selenic

Common word forms

silenced, silencer, silences, silencing

Words from these letters

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