Synonym: noiseless, quiet, soundless, still. Antonym: noisy, talkative. Similar words: missile, resilient, plenty, lenient, violent, talented, truculent, equivalent. Meaning: ['saɪlənt] adj. 1. marked by absence of sound 2. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to 3. indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly 4. not made to sound 5. having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility 6. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness.
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151. Any person who refuses to keep silent will be conducted out of the room.
152. Albert fell silent and turned his attention to his food.
153. The minister was silent on/about his plans for the future.
154. The government has fallen strangely silent on the subject of tax cuts after all its promises at the last election.
155. The 'b' in 'doubt' and the 'w' in 'wrong' are silent.
156. By turns, a 14 year old is affectionate then aggressive, silent then outspoken.
157. When she appeared in court she exercised her right to remain silent.
158. He looked happy for a brief while, before relapsing into silent misery.
159. We applaud the family's decision to remain silent over the issue.
160. They both fell silent.
161. He was silent, no matter how hard Sofia tried to engage him in conversation .
162. When he came, he was silent and moody, and after a few sarcastic remarks he went away.
163. We were struck by the silent grandeur of the desert.
164. She was silent for a moment, lips tight shut[sentencedict.com/silent.html], eyes distant.
165. The crowd stood in silent tribute to those who had died in the war.
166. Joe Loss started off playing piano background music for silent films in the 1920s.
167. Unsure of the meaning of this remark, Ryle chose to remain silent.
168. I made a silent vow to be more careful in the future.
169. After weeks of silent hostility they've at last had it out with each other.
170. Julie offered up a silent prayer that she would pass her exam.
171. At a single motion of his hand, the room fell silent.
172. He was silent all through the meal and then had the effrontery to complain that I looked bored!
173. The woods were silent apart from the crunch of our feet in the snow.
174. There was an explosive crash and then everything fell silent.
175. Len remained obstinately silent.
176. There was some music playing upstairs. Otherwise the house was silent.
177. He remained silent, unwilling or unable to say what was in his mind.
178. The nuns have an hour for silent contemplation every morning.
179. She was silent for months before I got a letter from her.
180. For long periods they were uncomfortably silent because they could think of nothing to say.
More similar words: missile, resilient, plenty, lenient, violent, talented, truculent, equivalent, benevolent, resplendent, unrelentingly, silk, silly, fossil, entertainment, sentiment, silhouette, lens, lend, blend, helen, pollen, sullen, length, tile, file, pile, calendar, at length, while.