Definition of SILENT

silent

Plural: silents

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by absence of sound
    • "a silent house"
  • failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
    • "the witness remained silent"
  • implied by or inferred from actions or statements
    • "gave silent consent"
  • not made to sound
    • "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"
  • having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
    • "a silent dog whistle"
  • unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

Adj

  • Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
  • Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
  • Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
  • Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
  • Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
  • With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
  • Without audio capability.
  • Hidden, unseen.
  • Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
  • Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
  • Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
  • Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.

Noun

  • That which is silent; a time of silence.
  • A silent movie

Adjective

  • Making or accompanied by no sound or noise.

Examples

  • a silent voter; a silent partner
  • After his opponent’s unexpected triple-triple, he remained silent, pondering his next Scrabble move.
  • My phone was on silent.
  • Silent letters can make some words difficult to spell.
  • silent revisions; a silent emendation
  • The e is silent in fable.
  • The l in the English word salmon is silent.
  • The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow still, be silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).

Scrabble Score: 6

silent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
silent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
silent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

silent: valid Words With Friends Word