silent

About 25.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
2. adjective Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
3. adjective Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
4. adjective Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.

   The e is silent in fable.

5. adjective Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
6. adjective With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.

   My phone was on silent.

7. adjective Without audio capability.

   The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.

8. adjective Hidden, unseen.

   a silent voter; a silent partner

Similar words

quiet still mute tacit inaudible uncommunicative dumb inarticulate unarticulate incommunicative

Often followed by

and for as on in about reading prayer film

Word family

fall silent falling silent falls silent fell silent silent spreader silent spreaders silenter silentest silently silentness