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Showing words for SILENCE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Silence

license, selenic, silence

6 Letter Words for Silence

cisele, clines, enisle, ensile, incles, nelies, nieces, seenil, senile, siecle, silene

5 Letter Words for Silence

ceile, ceils, cense, ciels, cinel, cines, clies, cline, eisel, elsin, esile, incle, insee, lenes, lenis, lense, liens, lines, nelis, niece, scene, seine, sence, sicle, silen, since, slice, sline

4 Letter Words for Silence

cees, ceil, cele, cels, cene, cens, ciel, cine, clee, clin, eels, eine, elec, elne, else, encl, enes, ense, esne, ices, incl, isle, lees, leis, lene, lens, lese, lice, lien, lies, line, lins, nese, nice, nies, nile, nils, nsec, scil, seel, seen, seil, sele, sene, sice, sien, sile, sine, slee, snee

3 Letter Words for Silence

cee, cel, cen, cie, cis, cli, cns, csi, eec, eel, een, eli, els, enc, ene, enl, ens, esc, ese, ice, ile, inc, ins, ise, isl, isn, lee, lei, les, lie, lin, lis, lsc, nee, nei, nie, nil, nis, sci, sec, see, sei, sel, sen, sic, sie, sil, sin, sle

Definitions for Silence

[1] absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
[2] the state or fact of being silent; muteness.
[3] absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft.
[4] the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence.
[5] concealment; secrecy.
[6] to put or bring to silence; still.
[7] to put (doubts, fears, etc.) to rest; quiet.
[8] Military . to still (enemy guns), as by more effective fire.
[9] be silent! “Silence!” the teacher shouted.
[10] the state or quality of being silent
[11] the absence of sound or noise; stillness
[12] refusal or failure to speak, communicate, etc, when expected his silence on the subject of their promotion was alarming
[13] a period of time without noise
[14] oblivion or obscurity
[15] to bring to silence
[16] to put a stop to; extinguish to silence all complaint

Words related to Silence

peace, quiet, reticence, stillness, lull, secrecy, blackout, calm, muzzle, subdue, mute, muffle, gag, quell, quash, suppress, squelch, stifle, taciturnity, quietude

Words nearby Silence

silastic, silbury hill, sild, sildenafil citrate, sile, silence, silence is golden, silenced, silencer, silene, silenos

Origin of Silence

1175–1225; Middle English (noun) < Old French < Latin silentium. See silent, -ence

Other words from Silence

o·ver·si·lence , noun
un·si·lenced , adjective

Word origin for Silence

C13: via Old French from Latin silēntium, from silēre to be quiet. See silent

Synonyms for Silence

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