Phrase Hound found 82 phrases and 14 compound words that contain silent. The most common are listed below. Open silent in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 82
- silent auctionAn auction where people write secret bids on a piece of paper, and whoever has the highest bid wins the item.
- silent filmA film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
- Remain Silent
- silent treatmentA form of communication refusal where one person deliberately ignores or withholds interaction from another, often in order to express anger, disapproval, or to exert control.
- Silent GenerationThe generation of people born from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.
- silent majorityThe largest portion of a demographic group or of the population of a political jurisdiction, which is considered to possess political and social views that are not openly declared, but that can nevertheless significantly affect voting …
- fall silentTo become quiet.
- Silent SamA person who seldom or never speaks; a taciturn or unresponsive individual.
- silent modeA setting available on mobile phones and pagers that, when activated, disables the ringtones and, in some cases, also the vibrating alerts or alarm.
- silent fart
- silent serviceThe submarine service.
- silent killerA disease experienced by someone who is not symptomatic; (by extension) a life-threatening risk that is hidden or underappreciated.
- silent as the graveSaying absolutely nothing (especially about a particular subject).
- Silent ValleyA national park in Kerala, India, which is home to several rare species of flora and fauna.
- silent hA letter ⟨h⟩ that is written but not pronounced.
- radio silentIn a state of radio silence.
- silent discoAn event at which people dance to music that is transmitted through wireless headphones rather than played over a speaker system.
- right to remain silentSynonym of right to silence: A legal principle guaranteeing any individual the right to refuse to answer questions from law enforcement officers or court officials.
- silent alarmA burglar alarm that makes no noise that is audible to the trespasser.
- silent auctionsplural of silent auction: An auction where people write secret bids on a piece of paper, and whoever has the highest bid wins the item.
- silent cinemaThe silent film-making industry
- silent eAn unpronounced letter ⟨e⟩ at the end of a word.
- silent filmsplural of silent film: A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
- silent foxSynonym of quiet coyote: A hand gesture used in classrooms to get students' attention, where a person forms a coyote with their hand by placing their thumb and two middle fingers together, while raising their pointer and little fingers …
- silent keyA deceased ham radio operator.
Compound words 14
- immunosilentShowing no symptoms (or change in symptoms) for a reasonable time period.
- oversilentExcessively silent.
- nonsilentNot silent.
- phosphosilentDescribing a mutation that disrupts phosphorylation
- pseudosilentApparently, but not actually, silent.
- serosilentSynonym of seronegative: Testing negative for a given pathogen, especially HIV. (of blood serum)
- unsilentNot silent.
- ultrasilentExceptionally silent; of utmost silence.
- silentishSomewhat silent.
- silentnesssilence