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silent
Overview of adj silent
The adj silent has 6 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. 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")
4. silent, unsounded -- (not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded")
5. silent -- (having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle")
6. dumb, mute, silent -- (unable to speak because of hereditary deafness)
Grep of noun silent
silent butler
silent movie
silent partner
silent person
silent picture
silent treatment
silents
Antonyms of adj silent
6 senses of silent
Sense 1
silent, soundless, still
INDIRECT (VIA quiet) -> noisy
Sense 2
mum, silent
INDIRECT (VIA uncommunicative) -> communicative, communicatory
Sense 3
implied, silent, tacit, understood
INDIRECT (VIA implicit) -> explicit, expressed
Sense 4
silent, unsounded
INDIRECT (VIA inaudible) -> audible, hearable
Sense 5
silent
INDIRECT (VIA inaudible) -> audible, hearable
Sense 6
dumb, mute, silent
INDIRECT (VIA inarticulate) -> articulate
Similarity of adj silent
6 senses of silent
Sense 1
silent, soundless, still
=> quiet (vs. noisy)
Sense 2
mum, silent
=> uncommunicative (vs. communicative), incommunicative
Sense 3
implied, silent, tacit, understood
=> implicit (vs. explicit), inexplicit
Sense 4
silent, unsounded
=> inaudible (vs. audible), unhearable
Sense 5
silent
=> inaudible (vs. audible), unhearable
Sense 6
dumb, mute, silent
=> inarticulate (vs. articulate), unarticulate
Pertainyms of adj silent
Attributes of adj silent
Domain of adj silent
Domain Terms of adj silent
Familiarity of adj silent
silent used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =6)
Grep of adj silent
silent
Grep of adv silent
silently
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