Dead silence

Synonyms for "dead silence" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
absence of answerabsolute quietabsolute stillnesscalm quiet

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(5 words)
complete quietcomplete stillnessgrim quiethushed atmospherelack of response

Related words (9)

Adjective(8 words)
no reactionno responsesilencesolemn quiettense quiettotal hushtotal quietutter quiet
Noun(1 words)
total absolute silence

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries

More specific

10 entries
deep stillnessempty classroomheavy quietlack of feedbackno replypregnant pauseprofound silencestony silencetense hushunbroken silence

Collocations

11 entries
absolute quietawkward silencebreak the dead silencedead silence fellfall into dead silencein dead silencemoment of dead silenceoppressive silencepregnant pauseprofound silenceunbroken silence

Inflections

1 entries
dead silences

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A narrow and deserted street in deep shadow, high houses, innumerable windows with Venetian blinds, a dead silence, grass sprouting between the stones, imposing carriage archways right and left, immense double doors standing ponderously ajar.

Source: wiktionary

The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.

Source: wiktionary

At seven minutes past four, while a Bach sonata was purling under the din of the crowd, the President's reaching hand was struck aside, and a man lurched forward. Two shots cracked sharply. There was a moment of dead silence.

Source: wiktionary