silence
Absence of sound
Silence is the absence of sound or speech.
When you ask for silence, you want people to stop talking or making noise.
The verb silence means to cause something or someone to become quiet: The teacher silenced the class with a look.
In a darker sense, to silence someone can mean to prevent them from speaking out, whether through intimidation, censorship, or violence.
Silence is golden suggests that keeping quiet is often wiser than speaking.
Lacking in sound
- hushAbsence of sound
- soundlessnessTotal absence of noise
- noiselessProducing no sound
- inaudibleCannot be heard
mute · hushed · soundproof · deadened · muffled · soft · faint · whisper
Undisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- calmFree from agitation
- meditationFocused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
repose · contemplation · zen · equanimity · stillness · placidity · restfulness · sanctuary
Complete separation from others
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
self-reflection · withdrawal · aloneness · privacy · detachment · monastery · cell · quietude
Absence of substance
- absenceState of not being
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- blankWithout marks or content
hollow · abyss · oblivion · erasure · gap · negation · desolation · barrenness
Purposeful nighttime wakefulness
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
commemoration · remembrance · observance · honor · ceremony · eulogy · reflection · wreath-laying
Lacking grace or ease
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- pregnant pauseSignificant silence conveying unspoken meaning
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- deafeningOverwhelmingly loud
stony · strained · loaded · heavy · anticipation · suspense · foreboding · dread
Official content restriction
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- muzzleAnimal's nose area
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- stifleSuppress or restrain
hush up · cover-up · blackout · ban · redact · censor · omerta · complicity
Concealed information
- unknownNot yet discovered
- crypticObscure in meaning
- unspokenNot verbally expressed
- hiddenKept out of sight
veiled · enigma · inscrutable · clandestine · classified · confidential · unsaid · implicit
quiet
Lacking in sound
- hushAbsence of sound
- soundlessnessTotal absence of noise
- noiselessProducing no sound
inaudible · mute · hushed · soundproof · deadened · muffled · soft · faint · whisper · murmur
tranquility
Undisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- calmFree from agitation
- meditationFocused attention practice
mindfulness · repose · contemplation · zen · equanimity · stillness · placidity · restfulness · sanctuary · refuge
isolation
Complete separation from others
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
introspection · self-reflection · withdrawal · aloneness · privacy · detachment · monastery · cell · quietude · reclusiveness
emptiness
Absence of substance
- absenceState of not being
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
blank · hollow · abyss · oblivion · erasure · gap · negation · desolation · barrenness · nullity
vigil
Purposeful nighttime wakefulness
solemnity · commemoration · remembrance · observance · honor · ceremony · eulogy · reflection · wreath-laying · cenotaph
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- pregnant pauseSignificant silence conveying unspoken meaning
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
deafening · stony · strained · loaded · heavy · anticipation · suspense · foreboding · dread · apprehension
censorship
Official content restriction
stifle · hush up · cover-up · blackout · ban · redact · censor · omerta · complicity · intimidation
secrets
Concealed information
hidden · veiled · enigma · inscrutable · clandestine · classified · confidential · unsaid · implicit · coded
- auditory perceptionhearing, listening, sound, noise, volume
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- audience reactionsapplause, clapping, booing, cheering, laughter
- classroom dynamicsparticipation, attention, engagement, discussion, questions
- Hearing & Listeninghear, hearing, eavesdrop, overhear, listen
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
silencespeech
Oral communication ability
talk · speaking · talking · utterance · vocalization
silencetalkativeness
Inclination to speak extensively
loquacity · garrulousness · loquaciousness · volubility · verbosity
- silent treatmentRefusing to speak
- dead silenceTotal absence of sound
- in silenceWithout audible expression
- moment of silenceBrief silent tribute
- fall silentStop producing sound
- awkward silenceUncomfortable lull in conversation
silent, silently, silenced, silences, silencing, silencer, silencers, unsilenced, silents