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silent |
Grep of noun silent silent butler silent movie silent partner silent person silent treatment Overview of adj silent The adj silent has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (18) silent, soundless, still -- (marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still") 2. (10) mum, silent -- (failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to "the witness remained silent") 3. silent -- ((of film) having no spoken dialogue and usually no soundtrack; "a silent movie") 4. implied, silent, tacit, understood -- (indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement") 5. silent, unsounded -- (not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded") 6. silent -- (having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle") 7. dumb, mute, silent -- (unable to speak because of hereditary deafness) Antonyms of adj silent 7 senses of silent Sense 1 silent, soundless, still INDIRECT (VIA quiet) -> noisy Sense 2 mum, silent INDIRECT (VIA uncommunicative) -> communicative, communicatory Sense 3 silent (vs. talking) talking (vs. silent), sound(postnominal) Sense 4 implied, silent, tacit, understood INDIRECT (VIA implicit) -> explicit, expressed Sense 5 silent, unsounded INDIRECT (VIA inaudible) -> audible, hearable Sense 6 silent INDIRECT (VIA inaudible) -> audible, hearable Sense 7 dumb, mute, silent INDIRECT (VIA inarticulate) -> articulate Similarity of adj silent 7 senses of silent Sense 1 silent, soundless, still => quiet (vs. noisy) Sense 2 mum, silent => uncommunicative (vs. communicative), incommunicative Sense 3 silent (vs. talking) Sense 4 implied, silent, tacit, understood => implicit (vs. explicit), inexplicit Sense 5 silent, unsounded => inaudible (vs. audible), unhearable Sense 6 silent => inaudible (vs. audible), unhearable Sense 7 dumb, mute, silent => inarticulate (vs. articulate), unarticulate Attributes of adj silent Familiarity of adj silent silent used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7) Grep of adj silent silent Overview of adj silent The adj silent has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (18) silent, soundless, still -- (marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still") 2. (10) mum, silent -- (failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to "the witness remained silent") 3. silent -- ((of film) having no spoken dialogue and usually no soundtrack; "a silent movie") 4. implied, silent, tacit, understood -- (indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement") 5. silent, unsounded -- (not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded") 6. silent -- (having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle") 7. dumb, mute, silent -- (unable to speak because of hereditary deafness)
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