Silence

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 absence of any sound or noise; stillness. 1.2 the state or fact of being silent; muteness. 1.3 absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern 1.4 the state of being forgotten; oblivion 1.5 concealment; secrecy. 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to put or bring to silence; still. 2.2 to put (doubts, fears, etc.) to rest; quiet. 2.3 Military . to still (enemy guns), as by more effective fire. 3 Interjection 3.1 be silent! Silence! the teacher shouted. 4 Antonyms 4.1 noun 4.2 verb 5 Synonyms 5.1 noun 5.2 verb

Noun

absence of any sound or noise; stillness.

the state or fact of being silent; muteness.

absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern

the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft.

the state of being forgotten; oblivion

in the news again after years of silence.

concealment; secrecy.

Verb (used with object)

to put or bring to silence; still.

to put (doubts, fears, etc.) to rest; quiet.

Military . to still (enemy guns), as by more effective fire.

Interjection

be silent! Silence! the teacher shouted.

Antonyms

noun

clamor , communication , noise , talk

verb

be noisy , communicate , talk

Synonyms

noun

blackout , calm , censorship , dead air , death , dumbness , hush , hush-hush * , inarticulateness , iron curtain , laconism , lull , muteness , noiselessness , peace , quiescence , quiet , quietness , quietude , quietus , reserve , reticence , saturninity , secrecy , sleep , speechlessness , still , stillness , sulk , sullenness , taciturnity , uncommunicativeness , wordlessness , soundlessness , inarticulation , mussitation , tranquility

verb

choke off * , clam , clam up , close up , cool it , cut off , cut short , dampen , deaden , decrease the volume , dry up * , dull , dumb , dummy up , extinguish , gag , hold one’s tongue , hush , hush-hush * , hush one’s mouth , keep it down , lull , muffle , mute , muzzle , overawe , pipe down , quash , quell , quiet , quiet down , quieten , say nothing , shush , shut up , sit on * , soft-pedal * , squelch , stifle , still , strike dumb , subdue , suppress , tongue-tie , appease , calm , death , defeat , destroy , kill , muteness , overcome , pacify , peace , refute , repress , reticence , secrecy , squash , stillness , stop , tranquility