noun
- That which is silent; a time of silence.
- A silent movie
adjective
- Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
- Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
- Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
- (pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
- Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
- With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
- Without audio capability.
- Hidden, unseen.
- Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
- Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
- Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
- Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.
Synonyms: quiet, concealed, invisible, occluded, dormant, still, mute, quiescent, servile, speechless, taciturn, dumb, mute
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Silent is a 2-meaning word in English. Medium-length words often have several interesting anagrams.
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