SILENTNESS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

silentness

noun

Definition of silentness

as in silence

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Noun

De Palma’s sequence followed that moment with an eerie silence, the only sound that of the clanking empty bucket, before all hell breaks loose.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
There are years of desire, wilting in silence, or the frenzied rhythm of regret.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of silence

Noun

After co-headlining with Charli xcx at the peak of Brat Summer, Sivan was struck by his post-show emotional crash, when the roar of stadiums gave way to the quiet of being totally on his own.

— Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026
An uneasy quiet took over the boat as customers waited for another catch.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of quiet

Noun

Why can’t the body content itself with stillness, leavened, perhaps, by the fluttering of fingers over a keyboard or the occasional arcing turn of a page?

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
On the best of days a dank stillness would have encased the adobe chamber and those confined within.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of stillness

Noun

Original color photographs were scarce, since continuity stills were usually shot in black-and-white to save money.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
While local farmers were known to operate their own small stills even through Prohibition, there wouldn’t be another large official brewery in Lake County until 1942, Dretske said, when the Zeman Brewing Company opened in Gilmer.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

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