silence
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(noun) the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet" |
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Synonyms: quiet |
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Related Words: hush, quietness, sound property, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stillness |
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Antonyms: sound |
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(noun) the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence": "he gestured for silence" |
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Related Words: condition, status |
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(verb) cause to be quiet or not talk; "This threat ought to shut them up!" |
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Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still |
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Related Words: calm down, conquer, curb, damp, dampen, deaden, gag, inhibit, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, shout down, shush, stamp down, subdue, suppress, tone down |
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(verb) get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue" |
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Synonyms: burke |
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Related Words: conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress |
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(noun) a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising" |
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Synonyms: muteness |
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Related Words: uncommunicativeness |
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(noun) the trait of keeping things secret |
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Synonyms: secrecy, secretiveness |
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Related Words: mum, uncommunicativeness |
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