Silence

//ˈsaɪl(ə)ns//

Synonyms for "silence" (260 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (52)

Intj(1 words)
be quiet

Strong matches (78)

Intj(1 words)
hush

Related words (130)

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Verb(3 words)
quietenshut upstill
Intj(3 words)
shushshut upwhist

Related word relations

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16 relation types

More general

10 entries

More specific

2 entries

Antonyms

6 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

19 entries

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at location

1 entries

causes desire

1 entries

defined as

1 entries

derived

26 entries

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distinct from

4 entries

has context

3 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

30 entries

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similar

6 entries

Translations

277 translations across 96 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • stilswye noun (refraining from speaking)
  • stilte noun (lack of sound)

Albanian

1 entries
  • heshtje noun (lack of sound)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • σιγή noun (lack of sound)
  • σιωπή noun (lack of sound)
  • σιωπή noun (form of meditation or prayer)
  • ἀκή noun (lack of sound)

Arabic

4 entries
  • صَمْتًا! intj (be silent)
  • صَهٍ! intj (be silent)
  • هس! intj (be silent)
  • سكوت noun (lack of sound)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • שתק verb (to make something silent)

Armenian

2 entries
  • լռություն noun (lack of sound)
  • լռեցնել verb (to make something silent)

Asturian

3 entries
  • chite intj (be silent)
  • chute intj (be silent)
  • silenciu noun (lack of sound)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • sükut noun (lack of sound)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • тынлыҡ noun (lack of sound)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • маўча́нне noun (lack of sound)
  • цішыня́ noun (lack of sound)

Breton

1 entries
  • didrouz noun (lack of sound)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • тишина́ intj (be silent)
  • мълча́ние noun (lack of sound)
  • мълчание noun (refraining from speaking)
  • тишина́ noun (lack of sound)

Catalan

1 entries
  • silenci noun (lack of sound)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بێدەنگ noun (lack of sound)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 安靜！ /安静！ intj (be silent)
  • 沉默 noun (lack of sound)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • süküt noun (lack of sound)

Czech

4 entries
  • mlčení noun (lack of sound)
  • ticho noun (lack of sound)
  • umlčet verb (to make something silent)
  • umlčet verb (to suppress criticism)

Danish

2 entries
  • stilhed noun (lack of sound)
  • tavshed noun (lack of sound)

Dutch

4 entries
  • stilte! intj (be silent)
  • stilte noun (lack of sound)
  • stilzwijgen noun (form of meditation or prayer)
  • zwijgen noun (refraining from speaking)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • s-g:r-A2 noun (lack of sound)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • silentu! intj (be silent)
  • silento noun (lack of sound)
  • silentigi verb (to make something silent)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vaikus noun (lack of sound)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tøgn noun (lack of sound)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hiljaa! intj (be silent)
  • hiljaisuus noun (lack of sound)
  • hiljeneminen noun (refraining from speaking)
  • vaikeneminen noun (refraining from speaking)

French

1 entries
  • silence noun (lack of sound)

Galician

1 entries
  • silencio noun (lack of sound)

Georgian

4 entries
  • კრინტი არ დაძრა! intj (be silent)
  • ჩუმად! intj (be silent)
  • ხმა არ გაიღო! intj (be silent)
  • ხმა! intj (be silent)

German

4 entries
  • Ruhe! intj (be silent)
  • Schweigen noun (lack of sound)
  • Schweigen noun (refraining from speaking)
  • Stili noun (lack of sound)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (lack of sound)

Greek

4 entries
  • ησυχία noun (lack of sound)
  • σιγή noun (lack of sound)
  • σιωπή noun (lack of sound)
  • σιωπή noun (refraining from speaking)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • דממה noun (lack of sound)
  • שקט noun (lack of sound)
  • השתיק verb (to make something silent)

Hindi

4 entries
  • ख़ामोश! intj (be silent)
  • चुप! intj (be silent)
  • शांत! intj (be silent)
  • ख़ामोशी noun (lack of sound)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csend legyen! intj (be silent)
  • csend! intj (be silent)
  • csendet! intj (be silent)
  • csönd legyen! intj (be silent)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • þögn! intj (be silent)
  • ró noun (lack of sound)
  • þögn noun (lack of sound)

Ido

1 entries
  • silenco noun (lack of sound)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • diam! intj (be silent)

Irish

4 entries
  • tost noun (lack of sound)
  • ciúnaigh verb (to make something silent)
  • cuir ina thost verb (to make something silent)
  • cuir ina thost verb (to suppress criticism)

Italian

4 entries
  • silenzio noun (lack of sound)
  • azzittire verb (to make something silent)
  • mettere a tacere verb (to suppress criticism)
  • silenziare verb (to make something silent)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 沈黙 noun (lack of sound)
  • 静けさ noun (lack of sound)
  • 静寂 noun (lack of sound)
  • 静寂 noun (form of meditation or prayer)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жайшылық noun (lack of sound)
  • тыныштық noun (lack of sound)

Korean

1 entries
  • 침묵 noun (lack of sound)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • унчукпоо noun (lack of sound)

Ladino

1 entries
  • kayades! intj (be silent)

Latin

2 entries
  • pax! intj (be silent)
  • silentium noun (lack of sound)

Latvian

1 entries
  • klusums noun (lack of sound)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tyla noun (lack of sound)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ти́шина intj (be silent)
  • мо́лчење noun (lack of sound)
  • мо́лчење noun (refraining from speaking)
  • ти́шина noun (lack of sound)

Malay

2 entries
  • diam! intj (be silent)
  • tolong senyap verb (to make something silent)

Marathi

2 entries
  • शांतता noun (lack of sound)
  • शांत करणे verb (to make something silent)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • нам гүм noun (lack of sound)

Māori

4 entries
  • hoihoi! intj (be silent)
  • turituri! intj (be silent)
  • haumūmūtanga noun (lack of sound)
  • whakamūmū verb (to make something silent)

Navajo

2 entries
  • geʼ intj (be silent)
  • nizééʼ intj (be silent)

Nepali

1 entries
  • मौनता noun (lack of sound)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • bêdeng! intj (be silent)
  • hiş! intj (be silent)
  • bêdengî noun (lack of sound)
  • bêdeng kirin verb (to make something silent)

Northern Sami

4 entries
  • jaskatvuohta noun (lack of sound)
  • jaskkodahttit verb (to make something silent)
  • jaskkodahttit verb (to suppress criticism)
  • váidudit verb (to make something silent)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • hysj! intj (be silent)
  • stille! intj (be silent)
  • ro noun (lack of sound)
  • taushet noun (lack of sound)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • stillhet noun (lack of sound)

Occitan

1 entries
  • silenci noun (lack of sound)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • тишина noun (lack of sound)

Old English

2 entries
  • stilnes noun (lack of sound)
  • swīġe noun (lack of sound)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • þǫgn noun (lack of sound)

Pashto

2 entries
  • چوپتيا noun (lack of sound)
  • ګنګه روژه noun (lack of sound)

Persian

2 entries
  • خاموشی noun (lack of sound)
  • سکوت noun (lack of sound)

Polish

4 entries
  • cisza noun (lack of sound)
  • milczenie noun (lack of sound)
  • milczenie noun (lack of sound)
  • uciszać verb (to make something silent)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • silêncio! intj (be silent)
  • silêncio noun (lack of sound)
  • silenciar verb (to make something silent)
  • silenciar verb (to suppress criticism)

Quechua

1 entries
  • upalla noun (lack of sound)

Romanian

4 entries
  • liniște! intj (be silent)
  • taci! intj (be silent)
  • tăcere! intj (be silent)
  • liniște noun (lack of sound)

Russian

4 entries
  • молча́ть! intj (be silent)
  • молчи́! intj (be silent)
  • ти́хо! intj (be silent)
  • молча́ние noun (lack of sound)

Samoan

1 entries
  • fīlēmū noun (lack of sound)

Scots

1 entries
  • seelence noun (lack of sound)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • sàmhchair noun (lack of sound)
  • tosd noun (lack of sound)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mȗk noun (lack of sound)
  • tišìna noun (lack of sound)
  • му̑к noun (lack of sound)
  • тишѝна noun (lack of sound)

Slovak

4 entries
  • ticho intj (be silent)
  • mlčanie noun (lack of sound)
  • ticho noun (lack of sound)
  • umlčať verb (to make something silent)

Slovene

2 entries
  • molk noun (lack of sound)
  • tišina noun (lack of sound)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • унчукпас noun (lack of sound)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ¡cállate! intj (be silent)
  • sho noun (refraining from speaking)
  • silencio noun (lack of sound)
  • hacer callar verb (to suppress criticism)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kimya noun (lack of sound)
  • nyamazisha verb (to make something silent)

Swedish

4 entries
  • tyst! intj (be silent)
  • tystnad noun (lack of sound)
  • tysta verb (to make something silent)
  • tysta verb (to suppress criticism)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • katahimikan noun (lack of sound)

Tamil

2 entries
  • அமைதி noun (lack of sound)
  • மௌனம் noun (lack of sound)

Tatar

1 entries
  • тынлык noun (lack of sound)

Telugu

2 entries
  • నిశ్శబ్దము noun (lack of sound)
  • మౌనము noun (lack of sound)

Tetum

1 entries
  • nonook noun (lack of sound)

Thai

3 entries
  • หุบปาก intj (be silent)
  • เงียบ intj (be silent)
  • ความเงียบ noun (lack of sound)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ām noun (lack of sound)

Tongan

1 entries
  • fakalongo noun (lack of sound)

Turkish

3 entries
  • sessizlik noun (lack of sound)
  • sükut noun (lack of sound)
  • susturmak verb (to make something silent)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ümsümlik noun (lack of sound)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • мовча́ння noun (lack of sound)
  • ти́ша noun (lack of sound)
  • затихати verb (to make something silent)
  • затихнути verb (to make something silent)

Urdu

2 entries
  • خاموش intj (be silent)
  • خاموشی noun (lack of sound)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • im intj (be silent)
  • im lặng intj (be silent)
  • sự yên lặng noun (lack of sound)

Volapük

1 entries
  • seil noun (lack of sound)

Welsh

4 entries
  • distawrwydd noun (lack of sound)
  • tawelwch noun (lack of sound)
  • gostegu verb (to make something silent)
  • rhoi taw ar verb (to make something silent)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שטילקייט noun (lack of sound)

Yucatec Maya

2 entries
  • ch’een noun (lack of sound)
  • ch’ench’enki noun (lack of sound)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ukuthula noun (lack of sound)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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Silence gives consent.

Source: tatoeba (1778)

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

Source: tatoeba (2328)

I take it from your silence that you are not satisfied with my answer.

Source: tatoeba (17713)

The chairperson ordered silence.

Source: tatoeba (19999)

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