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Showing words for SILENT using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Silent

elints, enlist, inlets, listen, silent, slinte, tinsel

5 Letter Words for Silent

elint, elsin, enlit, entsi, inlet, inset, intel, islet, istle, lenis, lenti, liens, liest, lines, lints, lites, neist, nelis, senit, senti, sient, silen, slent, sline, slite, snite, steil, stein, stile, stine, teils, tiens, tiles, tines, tsine

4 Letter Words for Silent

elts, inst, intl, isle, isnt, itel, leis, lens, lent, lest, lets, lien, lies, line, lins, lint, list, lite, lits, nest, neti, nets, nies, nile, nils, nist, nits, seil, seit, selt, sent, sien, sile, silt, sine, site, slit, snit, sten, stie, teil, teli, tels, tens, tien, ties, tile, tils, tine, tins

3 Letter Words for Silent

eli, els, elt, enl, ens, est, ile, ins, int, ise, isl, isn, ist, its, lei, les, let, lie, lin, lis, lit, lst, nei, net, nie, nil, nis, nit, sei, sel, sen, set, sie, sil, sin, sit, sle, slt, tel, ten, tes, tie, til, tin, tis, tln, tsi

Definitions for Silent

[1] making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
[2] refraining from speech.
[3] speechless; mute.
[4] not inclined to speak; taciturn; reticent.
[5] characterized by absence of speech or sound: a silent prayer.
[6] unspoken; tacit: a silent assent.
[7] omitting mention of something, as in a narrative: The records are silent about this crime.
[8] inactive or quiescent, as a volcano.
[9] not sounded or pronounced: The “b” in “doubt” is a silent letter.
[10] Movies . not having spoken dialogue or a soundtrack.
[11] Medicine/Medical . producing no symptoms: silent gallstones.
[12] Usually silents. silent films.
[13] characterized by an absence or near absence of noise or sound a silent house
[14] tending to speak very little or not at all
[15] unable to speak
[16] failing to speak, communicate, etc, when expected the witness chose to remain silent
[17] not spoken or expressed silent assent
[18] not active or in operation a silent volcano
[19] (of a letter) used in the conventional orthography of a word but no longer pronounced in that word the ``k'' in ``know'' is silent
[20] denoting a film that has no accompanying soundtrack, esp one made before 1927, when such soundtracks were developed
[21] a silent film

Words related to Silent

mum, reticent, restrained, mute, bashful, close, closemouthed, dumb, faint, hush, inarticulate, incoherent, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, noiseless, reserved, shy, soundless

Words nearby Silent

silence is golden, silenced, silencer, silene, silenos, silent, silent alarm, silent area, silent auction, silent barter, silent butler

Origin of Silent

1555–65; < Latin silent- (stem of silēns ), present participle of silēre to be quiet; see -ent

Other words from Silent

si·lent·ly , adverb
si·lent·ness , noun
o·ver·si·lent , adjective
o·ver·si·lent·ly , adverb
o·ver·si·lent·ness , noun
su·per·si·lent , adjective
su·per·si·lent·ly , adverb
un·si·lent , adjective
un·si·lent·ly , adverb

Word origin for Silent

C16: from Latin silēns, from silēre to be quiet

Synonyms for Silent

hushed, mum, mute, restrained, reticent, bashful, buttoned up, checked, clammed up, close, closed up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up, faint, hush, iced, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkative, reserved, shy, silentious, soundless, still, struck dumb, taciturn, tongue-tied, unclear, uncommunicative, unheard, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped