silence as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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silence
noun
1 silence
The state of being silent (as when no one is speaking).
Roget 581:
aphony†,
aphonia†;
dumbness
etc.
adj.;
obmutescence†;
absence of voice,
want of voice;
dysphony†;
cacoepy†;
silence
etc.
(taciturnity)
585;
raucity†;
harsh voice
etc.
410,
unmusical voice
etc.
414;
falsetto,
childish treble mute;"
dummy.
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Roget 526:
latency,
inexpression†;
hidden meaning,
occult meaning;
occultness,
mystery,
cabala†,
anagoge†;
silence
etc.
(taciturnity)
585;
concealment
etc.
528;
more than meets the eye,
more than meets the ear;
Delphic oracle;
le dessous des cartes [Fr.],
undercurrent.
implication,
logical implication;
logical consequence;
entailment.
allusion,
insinuation;
innuendo
etc.
527;
adumbration;
something rotten in the state of Denmark"
[Hamlet].
snake in the grass
etc.
(pitfall)
667;
secret
etc.
533.
darkness,
invisibility,
imperceptibility.
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Polish: cisza
2 silence
The absence of sound:
— He needed silence in order to sleep.
synonym: quiet.
Roget 265:
rest;
stillness
etc.
adj.;
quiescence;
stagnation,
stagnancy;
fixity,
immobility,
catalepsy;
indisturbance†;
quietism.
quiet,
tranquility,
calm;
repose
etc.
687;
peace;
dead calm,
anticyclone†;
statue-like repose;
silence
etc.
203;
not a breath of air,
not a mouse stirring;
sleep
etc.
(inactivity)
683.
pause,
lull
etc.
(cessation)
142;
stand still;
standing still
etc.
v.;
lock;
dead lock,
dead stop,
dead stand;
full stop;
fix;
embargo.
resting place;
gite [Fr.];
bivouac;
home
etc.
(abode)
189;
pillow
etc.
(support)
215;
haven
etc.
(refuge)
666;
goal
etc.
(arrival)
292.
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Dutch: antigeluid, rust, stilte
Polish: cichość, cisza
3 silence
A refusal to speak when expected:
— His silence about my contribution was surprising.
synonym: muteness.
Roget 585:
silence,
muteness,
obmutescence†;
taciturnity,
pauciloquy†,
costiveness†,
curtness;
reserve,
reticence
etc.
(concealment)
528.
man of few words.
Roget 403:
silence;
stillness
etc.
(quiet)
265;
peace,
hush,
lull;
muteness
etc.
581;
solemn silence,
awful silence,
dead silence,
deathlike silence.
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Dutch: stomheid
4 silence
The trait of keeping things secret.
synonyms: secrecy, secretiveness.
Roget 528:
concealment;
hiding
etc.
v.;
occultation,
mystification.
seal of secrecy;
screen
etc.
530;
disguise
etc.
530;
masquerade;
masked battery;
hiding place
etc.
530;
cryptography,
steganography†;
freemasonry.
stealth,
stealthiness,
sneakiness;
obreption†;
slyness
etc.
(cunning)
702.
latitancy†,
latitation†;
seclusion
etc.
893;
privacy,
secrecy,
secretness†;
incognita.
reticence;
reserve;
mental reserve,
reservation;
arriere pensee [Fr.],
suppression,
evasion,
white lie,
misprision;
silence
etc.
(taciturnity)
585;
suppression of truth
etc.
544;
underhand dealing;
closeness,
secretiveness
etc.
adj.;
mystery.
latency
etc.
526;
snake in the grass;
secret
etc.
533;
stowaway.
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Dutch: discretie, geheimhouding, geheimzinnigheid
Polish: skrytość, zamkniętość, zamkniętość w sobie
verb
1 silence
Cause to be quiet or not talk:
— Please silence the children in the church!.
synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still.
Roget 731:
succeed;
be successful
etc.
adj.;
gain one's end,
gain one's ends;
crown with success.
gain a point,
attain a point,
carry a point,
secure a point,
win a point,
win an object;
get there [U.S.];
manage to,
contrive to;
accomplish
etc.
(effect)
(complete)
729;
do wonders,
work wonders;
make a go of it.
come off well,
come off successful,
come off with flying colors;
make short work of;
take by storm,
carry by storm;
bear away the bell;
win one's wings,
win one's spurs,
win the battle;
win the day,
carry the day,
gain the day,
gain the prize,
gain the palm;
have the best of it,
have it all one's own way,
have the game in one's owns hands,
have the ball at one's feet,
have one on the hop;
walk over the course;
carry all before one,
remain in possession of the field;
score a success.
speed;
make progress
etc.
(advance)
282;
win one's way,
make one's way,
work one's way,
find one's way;
strive to some purpose;
prosper
etc.
734;
drive a roaring trade;
make profit
etc.
(acquire)
775;
reap the fruits,
gather the fruits,
reap the benefit of,
reap the harvest;
strike oil [U.S.],
gain a windfall;
make one's fortune,
get in the harvest,
turn to good account;
turn to account
etc.
(use)
677.
triumph,
be triumphant;
gain a victory,
obtain a victory,
gain an advantage;
chain victory to one's car;
nail a coonskin to the wall.
surmount a difficulty,
overcome a difficulty,
get over a difficulty,
get over an obstacle
etc.
706;
se tirer d'affaire [Fr.];
make head against;
stem the torrent,
stem the tide,
stem the current;
weather the storm,
weather a point;
turn a corner,
keep one's head above water,
tide over;
master;
get the better of,
have the better of,
gain the better of,
gain the best of,
gain the upper hand,
gain the ascendancy,
gain the whip hand,
gain the start of;
distance;
surpass
etc.
(superiority)
33.
defeat,
conquer,
vanquish,
discomfit;
euchre;
overcome,
overthrow,
overpower,
overmaster,
overmatch,
overset†,
override,
overreach;
outwit,
outdo,
outflank,
outmaneuver,
outgeneral,
outvote;
take the wind out of one's adversary's sails;
beat,
beat hollow;
rout,
lick,
drub,
floor,
worst;
put down,
put to flight,
put to the rout,
put hors de combat [Fr.],
put out of court.
silence,
quell,
nonsuit†,
checkmate,
upset,
confound,
nonplus,
stalemate,
trump;
baffle
etc.
(hinder)
706;
circumvent,
elude;
trip up,
trip up the heels of;
drive into a corner,
drive to the wall;
run hard,
put one's nose out of joint.
settle,
do for;
break the neck of,
break the back of;
capsize,
sink,
shipwreck,
drown,
swamp;
subdue;
subjugate
etc.
(subject)
749;
reduce;
make the enemy bite the dust;
victimize,
roll in the dust,
trample under foot,
put an extinguisher upon.
answer,
answer the purpose;
avail,
prevail,
take effect,
do,
turn out well,
work well,
take,
tell,
bear fruit;
hit it,
hit the mark,
hit the right nail on the head;
nick it;
turn up trumps,
make a hit;
find one's account in.
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Roget 158:
be impotent
etc.
adj.;
not have a leg to stand on.
vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou [Fr.],
vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents [Fr.].
collapse,
faint,
swoon,
fall into a swoon,
drop;
go by the board,
go by the wayside;
go up in smoke,
end in smoke
etc.
(fail)
732.
render powerless
etc.
adj.;
deprive of power;
disable,
disenable†;
disarm,
incapacitate,
disqualify,
unfit,
invalidate,
deaden,
cramp,
tie the hands;
double up,
prostrate,
paralyze,
muzzle,
cripple,
becripple†,
maim,
lame,
hamstring,
draw the teeth of;
throttle,
strangle,
garrotte,
garrote;
ratten†,
silence,
sprain,
clip the wings of,
put hors de combat [Fr.],
spike the guns;
take the wind out of one's sails,
scotch the snake,
put a spoke in one's wheel;
break the neck,
break the back;
unhinge,
unfit;
put out of gear.
unman,
unnerve,
enervate;
emasculate,
castrate,
geld,
alter,
neuter,
sterilize,
fix.
shatter,
exhaust,
weaken
etc.
160.
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Roget 581:
keep silence
etc.
585;
speak low,
speak softly;
whisper
etc.
(faintness)
405.
silence;
render mute,
render silent;
muzzle,
muffle,
suppress,
smother,
gag,
strike dumb,
dumfounder;
drown the voice,
put to silence,
stop one's mouth,
cut one short.
stick in the throat.
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Roget 479:
confute,
refute,
disprove;
parry,
negative,
controvert,
rebut,
confound,
disconfirm,
redargue†,
expose,
show the fallacy of,
defeat;
demolish,
break
etc.
(destroy)
162;
overthrow,
overturn scatter to the winds,
explode,
invalidate;
silence;
put to silence,
reduce to silence;
clinch an argument,
clinch a question;
give one a setdown†,
stop the mouth,
shut up;
have,
have on the hip.
not leave a leg to stand on,
cut the ground from under one's feet.
be confuted
&c.;
fail;
expose one's weak point,
show one's weak point.
counter evidence
etc.
468.
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Roget 403:
be silent
etc.
adj.;
hold one's tongue
etc.
(not speak)
585.
render silent
etc.
adj.;
silence,
still,
hush;
stifle,
muffle,
stop;
muzzle,
put to silence
etc.
(render mute)
581.
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Dutch: verzwijgen
2 silence
Keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure.
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