silent

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. marked by absence of sound (Freq. 18)
- a silent house
- soundless footsteps on the grass
- the night was still
• Syn:
soundless, still
• Similar to:
quiet
• Derivationally related forms:
stillness (for: still), soundlessness (for: soundless), silence
2. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to (Freq. 10)
- the witness remained silent
• Syn:
mum
• Similar to:
uncommunicative, incommunicative
• Derivationally related forms:
silence, mum (for: mum)
3. implied by or inferred from actions or statements
- gave silent consent
- a tacit agreement
- the understood provisos of a custody agreement
• Syn:
tacit, understood
• Similar to:
implicit, inexplicit
4. not made to sound
- the silent 'h' at the beginning of 'honor'
- in French certain letters are often unsounded
• Syn:
unsounded
• Similar to:
inaudible, unhearable
5. having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
- a silent dog whistle
• Similar to:
inaudible, unhearable
6. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
• Syn:
dumb, mute
• Similar to:
inarticulate, unarticulate
• Derivationally related forms:
mute (for: mute), muteness (for: mute)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dumb, mute, unsounded, tacit, understood, mum, soundless, still