silent
adjective (NO SPEAKING) /ˈsaɪ.lənt/Definition
B2 without talking: She whispered a silent prayer that her wounded brother would not die. The police officer told the criminal that he had the right to remain silent. The minister was silent on/about his plans for the future. Arthur has always been the strong, silent type (= a type of person, usually a man, who says very little).Falling silent and not speaking silently /-li/ adverb
(Definition of silent adjective (NO SPEAKING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be lost for words idiom
- bite sth back phrasal verb
- bite your tongue idiom
- draw a veil over sth idiom
- dumbly adverb
- gob noun
- have nothing to say for yourself idiom
- hold your tongue idiom
- keep your mouth shut idiom
- keep yourself to yourself phrasal verb
- let sth rest idiom
- not be on speaking terms idiom
- pipe down phrasal verb
- silence is golden idiom
- silence verb
- speechless adjective
- tight-lipped adjective
- unsaid adjective
- wordless adjective
- you could have heard a pin drop idiom
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