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
Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
But those 30 seconds of silence when communication went down ultimately cascaded into a weeklong meltdown at Newark, one of the nation’s largest airports.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Those sheltering in place were told to silence their phones, turn off lights, remain quiet and stay hidden until cleared by law enforcement.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Noun
The real action will happen nearby under a hush of near silence and total secrecy.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 7 May 2025
But those 30 seconds of silence when communication went down ultimately cascaded into a weeklong meltdown at Newark, one of the nation’s largest airports.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Verb
The company silenced the bears by delivering accelerating revenue growth at Azure, its cloud computing business.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Those sheltering in place were told to silence their phones, turn off lights, remain quiet and stay hidden until cleared by law enforcement.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silence
Noun
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In the quiet of his private room, Trinita shares a painful memory of her past.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The final horn sounded, mercifully, the players shook hands, and the Aztecs shuffled off the floor, through a tunnel and into the quiet of their locker room, their season ending with a whimper instead of a bang.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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American craft brewers helped rescue from obscurity the saison, a bubbly, crisp, gently spiced beer.—
Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Al-Sheikh has risen from obscurity to quasi-royal prominence.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Gert laughed, too, until the two of them were shushing each other quite loudly.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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One day at the Scottish Open, a volunteer held up the quiet sign and shushed the crowd as Morikawa prepared to hit from the fairway.—
Brody Miller,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Orwell authored 1984, a bleak vision of the future where an authoritarian regime weaponizes language to suppress independent thought and rewrite history.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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However, consistent, long-term stress can wear down your immune system, exposing you to inflammation and suppressing your body's response to infections.2 UTIs occur when the urinary tract, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra, is infected.—
Brittany Dube,
Health,
13 May 2025
Noun
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What once felt like steady ground for many leaders now feels like a slippery slope into oblivion with no glimmer of a return.—
Jamie Griffith,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Then a call from Reagan — yes, Reagan — threatening to sue all of them into oblivion sends Joe racing to Mooney’s.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Timbaland and Nachum often stand off to the side, speaking in emphatic but hushed whispers about new ideas that are coming to them in that moment.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
28 Apr. 2025
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Finally, go ahead and chop 35% off the Google Pixel Buds Pro wireless earbuds for filling commutes or jogs with bold bass, hushed background noise with ANC, and hands-free Google Assistant commands.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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It’s also infused with aloe and calendula extracts, which are soothing to skin and help quell redness.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
15 May 2025
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Several protesters were injured, some of them critically, by Flash-balls fired by riot police, or by cops sent out to quell demonstrations that were growing increasingly unwieldy.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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The employee requested anonymity due to fear of retaliation.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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An Israeli military official, who requested anonymity to discuss operational details, said that some ground troops had begun to advance in Gaza, but declined to say when, where or how far.—
Aaron Boxerman,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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“Silence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silence. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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