N. rest, stillness,
quiescence,
stagnation,
stagnancy,
fixity,
immobility,
catalepsy, indisturbance,
quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm,
repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone|, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep,
pause,
lull, stand still, standing still,
lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix,
embargo, resting place,
gite,
bivouac, home,
pillow,
haven,
goal V. be quiescent, stand still, lie still, keep quiet,
repose, hold the breath, remain, stay, stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ,
tarry, mark time, bring to, heave to, lay to, pull up, draw up, hold,
halt, stop, stop short, rest,
pause, anchor, cast to an anchor, come to an anchor, rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels, take breath, stop,
stagnate, quieta non movere, let alone,
abide, rest and be thankful, keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed, dwell, settle, alight stick, stick fast, stand like a post, not stir a peg, not stir a step, be at a stand,
quell,
becalm,
hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on
Adj. quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed,
stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still,
sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home,
becalmed,
stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed,
unruffled, calm, restful,
cataleptic, immovable, sleeping,
silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death,
vegetative,
vegetating Adv. at a stand, tout court, at the halt
Phr. requiescat in pace, deus nobis haec otia fecit, "the noonday quiet holds the hill"
N. silence, stillness, peace,
hush,
lull,
muteness, solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence
V. be silent, hold one's tongue, render silent, silence, still,
hush,
stifle,
muffle, stop,
muzzle, put to silence
Adj. silent, still,
stilly, noiseless, soundless,
hushed,
mute, soft, solemn,
awful,
deathlike, silent as the grave, inaudible
Adv. silently, sub silentio
Phr. one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so quiet you could hear a pin drop, grosse seelen dulden still, le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages, le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se dfie de soi-meme, "silence more musical than any song", tacent satis laudant, better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt
Int. hush, silence, soft,
whist,
tush, chut,
tut,
pax, be quiet, be silent, be still, shut up,
[rude], chup, chup rao,
tace N. aphony,
aphonia,
dumbness,
obmutescence, absence of voice, want of voice,
dysphony, cacoepy, silence,
raucity, harsh voice, unmusical voice,
falsetto, "childish treble mute",
dummy V. keep silence, speak low, speak softly,
whisper, silence, render mute, render silent,
muzzle,
muffle,
suppress,
smother,
gag, strike dumb,
dumfounder, drown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short, stick in the throat
Adj. aphonous,
dumb,
mute, deafmute, deaf and dumb,
mum, tongue- tied, breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless, mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerel,
silent,
muzzled,
inarticulate, inaudible,
croaking,
raucous,
hoarse,
husky, dry, hollow,
sepulchral, hoarse as a raven, rough
Adv. with bated breath, with the finger on the lips,
sotto voce, in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice
Phr. vox faucibus haesit
V. be silent, keep silence, keep mum, hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw, not speak,
&c. 582, say nothing, keep one's counsel, seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth, put a bridle on one's tongue, bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth, make no sign, not let a word escape one, keep a secret, not have a word to say, hush up,
hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips, render mute, stick in one's throat
Adj. silent,
mute,
mum, silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave,
dumb,
unconversable,
taciturn, sparing of words, closetongued, costive|, inconversable|,
curt, reserved,
reticent Phr. cave quid dicis quando et cui, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti
Int. shush,
tush, silence,
mum,
hush, chut, hist,
tut, chup, mum's the word, keep your mouth shut,
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