SILENCE meaning: Absence of any audible sound

We found 45 dictionaries that define the word silence:

General (28 matching dictionaries)

silence: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
silence: Merriam-Webster
silence, silence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
silence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
silence: Collins English Dictionary
silence: Vocabulary.com
Silence, silence: Wordnik
silence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
silence: Wiktionary
silence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
silence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
silence: Infoplease Dictionary
silence: Dictionary.com
silence (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
silence: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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Silence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
silence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
silence: Rhymezone
silence, silence (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
silence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
silence: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
silence: FreeDictionary.org
silence: Mnemonic Dictionary
silence: TheFreeDictionary.com
silence: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)

Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

Business (6 matching dictionaries)

silence: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
silence: Legal dictionary
BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

silence: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)

silence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
silence: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

silence: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)

Silence: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

silence: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
S'ilence, silence, silence: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  The absence of any sound.
▸ noun:  The act of refraining from speaking.
▸ noun:  Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To repress the expression of something.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
▸ verb:  (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
▸ verb:  (euphemistic) To murder.
▸ noun:  (rare) A female given name from English.

Similar:

still, quiet, quieten, secretiveness, secrecy, muteness, Burke, hush up, hush, shut up, more...

Opposite:

noise, sound, clamor, din, uproar

Types:

deafening, eerie, awkward, uncomfortable, tense, more...

Phrases:

in silence, radio silence, deafening silence, break silence, silence suppression, more...

Adjectives:

long, dead, complete, profound, deep, absolute, short, awkward, total, sudden, perfect

Colors:

soft white, muted blue, dusty rose, lavender, sage green, more...