silence
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
there was a shocked silence
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause to be quiet or not talk
Please silence the children in the church!
Types & categories
- suppress hypernym
- shush hyponym
- lull hyponym
- shout down hyponym
- gag hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the absence of sound
he needed silence in order to sleep
Types & categories
- sound property hypernym
- hush hyponym
- speechlessness hyponym
- quietness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power
Types & categories
- suppress hypernym
Related & opposite
- secrecy derivation
Sense 5 noun
a refusal to speak when expected
his silence about my contribution was surprising
Types & categories
- uncommunicativeness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
the trait of keeping things secret
Types & categories
- uncommunicativeness hypernym
- mum hyponym
Related & opposite
- silence derivation
- closelipped derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | silent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | whitewash |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | louden |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | hush |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | muffler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | silencer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | muteness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hush |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | quiet |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shush |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lull |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shout down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gag |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | sound |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quiet |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | silent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound property |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hush |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | speechlessness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quietness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | secrecy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mute |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mum |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | uncommunicativeness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | silence |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | closelipped |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | uncommunicativeness |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | mum |