1
as in stillness
incapacity for or restraint from speaking
the violinist expects complete silence from the audience during his concerts
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2
as in quiet
the near or complete absence of sound
the silence of the garden was refreshing after the din of the party inside
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as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
the book eventually vanished into the silence that awaits best sellers whose time has past
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as in to quiet
to stop the noise or speech of
the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm
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as in to suppress
to put a stop to (something) by the use of force
brutally silenced all political dissent in the country
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Recent Examples of silence
Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
Over the weekend, Osefo broke her silence on social media sharing her first post since the criminal charges.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Do that, and the Tigers could silence Jordan-Hare and head home 1-0 on the road.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Check your own baggage The goal is to break cycles of shame and silence around menstruation.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
Over the weekend, Osefo broke her silence on social media sharing her first post since the criminal charges.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Shiz University roommates initially clash before forming a friendship, which is tested at the end of the first movie when the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), who secretly plots to silence the talking animals of Oz, comes between them.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Do that, and the Tigers could silence Jordan-Hare and head home 1-0 on the road.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silence
Noun
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After days spent exploring coral reefs and rainforests, Mango House offered a gentler kind of immersion — into stillness.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
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But eventually the champagne bubbles go flat, the applause fades, and the stillness that follows can feel louder than fame.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the quiet of the Sabbath morning when all the neighborhood was wrapped in slumber, some dastardly degenerate crept into the room, choked her to death, assaulted her criminally and left her bruised and bleeding body lying on the bed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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The yachts which have thronged the bay are fewer as summer gives way to fall, but the off-season quiet has its own appeal for visitors wanting a slice of paradise to themselves.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Mendoza rose out of recruiting obscurity.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Their relative obscurity may have also been an advantage.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the clip, the then-6-year-old can be seen walking with his iPad to the next room and shushing everyone.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The View has a long history of guests receiving sustained standing ovations — and Goldberg attempting to shush rowdy audience members.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Secret Commonwealth is the condemnation of a world where imagination—not making things up, but a way of seeing, understanding, feeling the world—is suppressed by the dual forces of cold rationality and religious fundamentalisms that breed authoritarianism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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That power is often used to unfairly influence elections through massive campaign donations, to interfere with independent journalism by buying media outlets, and to suppress competition in markets.—
Scott Ellis,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Both brothers were intellectually precocious, but Scott could be shy to the point of speechlessness.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This one strikes a mid-century chord with its wide face and retro time display, with an atomic dial and silent-sweep movement to maximize quietness.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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But, unsurprisingly, his favorite aspect of the place is its profound quietness.—
Rosecrans Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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Then there’s the gutting ending, which is about oblivion, how everything disappears, including our referents.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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In other words, Steve is a lot to play, and the Oscar-winner throws himself into every forlorn expression, every kindly mentoring session, every manic bit of rushing to and fro as chaos reigns around him, every stumbling step toward self-medicating into oblivion.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Silence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silence. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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