Thesaurus:silence
English
Noun
Sense: the lack of any sound
Synonyms
- black noise
- crickets (US, humorous, slang)
- hush
- noiselessness
- quiet [⇒ thesaurus]
- quietness
- roo (UK dialect)
- silence
- stillness
- soundlessness
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- deafening silence (idiomatic)
- radio silence
Hypernyms
- lack of sensation [⇒ thesaurus]
- peace
Instances
Various
- code of silence
- cone of silence
- conspiracy of silence
- omertà
- one could hear a pin drop (idiomatic)
- quiet as a mouse (simile)
- radio silence
- Sicilian code
- silent as the grave (simile)
- silent as the tomb (simile)
- stillness
- wall of silence
See also
Further reading
- “403. silence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “silence” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.