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silent

English

  1. 🔊 having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
    “a silent dog whistle”
  2. 🔊 not made to sound
    “the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'”
  3. 🔊 implied by or inferred from actions or statements
    “gave silent consent”
  4. 🔊 marked by absence of sound
    “a silent house”
  5. 🔊 failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
    “the witness remained silent”
  6. 🔊 unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

Spanish

  1. 🔊 en silencio silent
  2. 🔊 silencioso silent
  3. 🔊 mudo silent, speechless (not speaking)

Similar words

dumb mute unsounded mum tacit understood soundless still aphonic brief brusque calm checked close close-lipped close-tongued closemouthed concise curbed curt dumb echoless economical of words hush as death