Dictionary Entry
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.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
- 2adjective
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
- 3adjective
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
- 4adjective
Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
- 5adjective
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
- 6noun
That which is silent; a time of silence.
- 7adjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
- 8adjective
having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
"a silent dog whistle"
- 9adjective
not made to sound
"the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"
"in French certain letters are often unsounded"
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- 10adjective
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
"the witness remained silent"
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- 11adjective
implied by or inferred from actions or statements
"gave silent consent"
"a tacit agreement"
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- 12adjective
marked by absence of sound
"a silent house"
"soundless footsteps on the grass"
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