Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Silence

Nouns
  • silence
  • stillness etc. (quiet) Quiescence
  • peace, hush, lull
  • muteness etc. Aphony
  • solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence.
Verbs
  • be silent etc. adj.
  • hold one's tongue etc. (not speak) Taciturnity. render silent etc. adj.
  • silence, still, hush
  • stifle, muffle, stop
  • muzzle, put to silence etc. (render mute) Aphony.
Adjectives
  • silent
  • still, stilly
  • noiseless, soundless
  • hushed etc. v.
  • mute etc. Aphony. soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave
  • inaudible etc. (faint) Faintness.
Adverbs
  • silently etc. adj.
Int
  • hush!, silence!, soft!, whist!, tush!, chut! , tut!, be quiet!, be silent!, be still!, shut up! [Slang]
  • chup! , chup rao!
Phrases
  • one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so quiet you could hear a pin drop
  • silence more musical than any song" [C.G. Rossetti]
  • better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.