silent
silent is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
- adjective. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
- adjective. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
- adjective. Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
- adjective. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
- noun. That which is silent; a time of silence.
- adjective. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
- adjective. having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
"a silent dog whistle"
- adjective. not made to sound
"the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"
"in French certain letters are often unsounded"
- adjective. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
"the witness remained silent"
- adjective. implied by or inferred from actions or statements
"gave silent consent"
"a tacit agreement"
- adjective. marked by absence of sound
"a silent house"
"soundless footsteps on the grass"
Synonyms
dumb, mute, unsounded, mum, tacit, understood, soundless, still
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in silent:
elints, enlist, inlets, intels, listen, slinte, tinsel
Common word forms
silents, silenter, silently, silentest, silentness
Words from these letters
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